Storms
Unnamed tropical cyclone (1923)
This cyclone developed on 21 March 1923 east of
Cape York and then devastated the normally cyclone free
Torres Strait Islands
The Torres Strait Islands are a group of at least 274 small islands in the Torres Strait, a waterway separating far northern continental Australia's Cape York Peninsula and the island of New Guinea. They span an area of , but their total land ...
. It then moved over the
Gulf of Carpentaria
The Gulf of Carpentaria (, ) is a large, shallow sea enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded on the north by the eastern Arafura Sea (the body of water that lies between Australia and New Guinea). The northern boundary is ...
where 20 people died around 28 March when the steamer SS ''Douglas Mawson'' sank. The cyclone decayed around 2 April.
[Bureau of Meteorology (1992). ''Climate of Queensland'', Commonwealth of Australia ]
Unnamed tropical cyclone near Roebourne (1925)
After this cyclone on 21 January 1925 near
Roebourne, Western Australia
Roebourne is a town in Western Australia's Pilbara region. In Ngarluma language, Roebourne is called Yirramagardu (Ieramagadu). It is 35 km from Karratha, 202 km from Port Hedland and 1,563 km from Perth, the state's capital. It is loc ...
only a very small portion of the land end of the Point Samson jetty was left intact. Almost 5 km of the tramline was washed away and the Pope's Nose Creek bridge was badly damaged.
At Cossack the sea in the creek rose 7.2 m, covering the road and surrounding country for about a mile (1.6 km). Seven luggers and a schooner which had sheltered in Cossack Creek were lifted 100 m into the mangroves by the storm surge.
Not a building was left unscathed in Roebourne. Residents sheltered in more substantial stone buildings as the timber houses were razed. The Jubilee Hotel was unroofed and the other two hotels badly damaged.
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Unnamed tropical cyclone near Yamdena (1925)
In April, a tropical cyclone destroyed most houses in Yamdena
Yamdena (spelt Jamdena during the Dutch colonial period) is the largest of the Tanimbar Islands in the Maluku Province of Indonesia. Saumlaki is the chief town, located on the south end of the island.
The island has a range of forested hills al ...
. 10 people were killed on the island of Selaru
Selaru is an island in Indonesia in the Tanimbar Islands group, Southeast Maluku. It is located south of Yamdena. It is one of the 92 officially listed outlying islands of Indonesia.
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, along with destruction of plantations, damage to houses, and palm trees being blown over.
See also
* 1900–1940 South Pacific cyclone seasons
* 1900–1950 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone seasons
*Atlantic hurricane seasons: 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
*Eastern Pacific hurricane seasons: 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
*Western Pacific typhoon seasons: 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
*North Indian Ocean cyclone seasons: 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
References
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Cyclones
In meteorology, a cyclone () is a large air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure, counterclockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere as viewed from above (opposite to an anti ...
Australian region cyclone seasons