Storm Pictures

[adrian]

Wow!

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More

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[Iain]

Where, that second one looks like a scene from Independance Day

[adrian]

I got them in an email from a mate and here's the info that came with them.

"Severe Tropical Cyclone Ingrid caused significant impact on the Australian
coast in March 2005. It was unusual in that it is the only cyclone in
recorded history to impact, as a severe tropical cyclone, on the coastline
of three different States or Territories. It crossed the Queensland east
coast south of Lockhart River as a Category 4; impacted on Croker Island,
the Cobourg Peninsula and the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory as
category four or five cyclone; and finally impacted the West Australian
Kimberly coast at Faraway Bay as a Category 5 cyclone. (Note Category 5 is
the strongest cyclone category).

Ingrid was a small cyclone in size, but very intense, not unlike Cyclone
Tracy that devastated Darwin in 1974. For this reason, communities more than
100 km from Ingrid's path (like Darwin) were affected only slightly. Also,
while some significant rainfall was reported, (eg 445mm in 24 hours at Emma
Gorge in the Kimberley) the amounts were not as remarkable as those reported
after some other larger, but less intense cyclones in the past."