Category 5 severe tropical cyclone (Aus scale) | |
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Winds | 10-minute sustained: 205 km/h (125 mph) Gusts: 285 km/h (180 mph) |
Pressure | 910 hPa (mbar); 26.87 inHg |
Fatalities | 37 |
Damage | Major |
Areas affected | Queensland |
Part of the 1917–18 Australian region cyclone season |
The 1918 Innisfail cyclone was one of the worst tropical cyclones to strike Australia in recorded history.
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- Severe Tropical Cyclone Mahina (1899)—the first tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in Queensland at Category 5
- 1918 Mackay cyclone—the second tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in Queensland at Category 5, only __ days before the 1918 Innisfail cyclone
- Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi (2011)—the fourth tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in Queensland at Category 5
- Severe Tropical Cyclone Marcia (2015)—the fifth tropical cyclone on record to make landfall in Queensland at Category 5
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