List of cyclones in Western Australia

This is a list of cyclones gazetted as disasters in Western Australia

Western Australia

Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east...

Name	Start date	Region	Dead	Injured	Affected	Homeless	Estimated total cost	Remarks
	24 December 1875	Exmouth Gulf	69				$0M	Cyclone hovered in Exmouth Gulf Exmouth Gulf Exmouth Gulf is a gulf in the north west of Western Australia. It lies between North West Cape and the main coastline of Western Australia. It is considered to be part of the region of the North West Shelf and in the Canning Basin area.-Environment:... for nearly two weeks; 69 lives lost, mostly on ships at sea in the area.
	1 April 1884	Lagrange	140				$0M	Forty vessels of a pearling fleet sunk with 140 lives lost.
	1 January 1894	Port Hedland	45				$0M	45 people killed at sea; another 21 lives lost in subsequent flooding at Geraldton Geraldton, Western Australia Geraldton is a city and port in Western Australia located north of Perth in the Mid West region. Geraldton has an estimated population at June 2010 of 36,958...
	1 March 1898	Port Hedland					$0M	£30,000 damage to Cossack Cossack, Western Australia Cossack is an historic ghost town located 1,480 km north of Perth and 15 km from Roebourne in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The nearest town to Cossack is Wickham. At the 2006 census, Cossack had a population of 236.... , shipping damaged.
	12 January 1908	Broome	50				$0M	Most deaths at sea.
	1 April 1909	Dampier	24				$0M	24 people killed at Onslow Onslow, Western Australia Onslow is a coastal town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, north of Perth. It currently has a population of around 573 people and is in the Shire of Ashburton Local Government Area....
	11 January 1910	Broome	37				$0M	37 lives lost in the Broome Broome, Western Australia Broome is a pearling and tourist town in the Kimberley region of Western Australia, north of Perth. The year round population is approximately 14,436, growing to more than 45,000 per month during the tourist season... region.
	1 March 1912	Port Hedland	149				$0M	SS Koombana SS Koombana The SS Koombana was a coastal passenger and cargo steamship which sank at an unknown location north of Port Hedland, Western Australia during a cyclone on 20 March 1912 with the loss of approximately 138 lives, including 20 crew. Other than some floating wreckage, no trace was ever found of the... sunk.
	28 March 1934	Dampier					$0M	75% of homes in Onslow Onslow, Western Australia Onslow is a coastal town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, north of Perth. It currently has a population of around 573 people and is in the Shire of Ashburton Local Government Area.... destroyed.
	3 January 1935	Broome	141				$0M
	24 January 1961	Bunbury					$0M	a tropical cyclone in the north created hot, windy conditions in the south, igniting the 1961 Western Australian bushfires.
	1 February 1965	Carnarvon					$0M	Carnarvon Carnarvon, Western Australia Carnarvon is a coastal town situated approximately 900 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia. It lies at the mouth of the Gascoyne River on the Indian Ocean. The popular Shark Bay world heritage area lies to the south of the town and the Ningaloo Reef lies to the north... 's banana Banana Banana is the common name for herbaceous plants of the genus Musa and for the fruit they produce. Bananas come in a variety of sizes and colors when ripe, including yellow, purple, and red.... crop destroyed; Liberia Liberia Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open... n oil tanker Bridgewater broke in two but was rescued by the Italian Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... tanker Elios Elios Elios may refer to*Helios , a minor character in the Japanese anime cartoon Sailor Moon, an Italian steamship seized by the United Kingdom during the Second World War...
Cyclone Beverley	1 March 1975	Dampier					$7.5M
	1 July 1975	WA					$7M
Cyclone Joan	8 December 1975	Port Hedland		5	1000	20	$74M	Extensive damage to Port Hedland Port Hedland, Western Australia Port Hedland is the highest tonnage port in Australia and largest town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with a population of approximately 14,000 .... ; Port Hedland Hospital destroyed.
Cyclone Alby	27 March 1978	Perth	3	10	4000	20	$39M	Caused the most widespread cyclone damage in Western Australia's history. Destroyed a large portion of the Busselton Jetty Busselton Jetty Busselton Jetty is the longest wooden jetty in the southern hemisphere, stretching almost 2 km out to sea from the town of Busselton, Western Australia. Because the shallow waters of Geographe Bay restricted ship movement, a long jetty was required so that the cut timber could be transported... .
Cyclone Hazel	1 March 1979	Carnarvon	15	5	2000	10	$41M	Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following... ese fishing vessel sunk of Carnarvon Carnarvon, Western Australia Carnarvon is a coastal town situated approximately 900 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia. It lies at the mouth of the Gascoyne River on the Indian Ocean. The popular Shark Bay world heritage area lies to the south of the town and the Ningaloo Reef lies to the north... with loss of 15 lives.
	1 January 1980	Multiple Regions		5			$12M
Cyclone Dean	1 February 1980	Kalgoorlie		7	1000	10	$11M	Damage to mining infrastructure
Cyclone Errol	1 January 1982	North-Western					$0M	Flooding
	1 February 1982	WA					$3.6M
	1 April 1983	WA					$3M
	1 February 1984						$0M
	1 January 1986	Wyndham					$2.5M
Cyclone Connie	1 January 1987	Port Hedland					$2.5M
	19 May 1988	Carnarvon			2000		$30M	Heavy damage to towns from Carnarvon Carnarvon, Western Australia Carnarvon is a coastal town situated approximately 900 kilometres north of Perth, Western Australia. It lies at the mouth of the Gascoyne River on the Indian Ocean. The popular Shark Bay world heritage area lies to the south of the town and the Ningaloo Reef lies to the north... to Denham Denham, Western Australia Denham is the administrative town for the Shire of Shark Bay, Western Australia. At the 2006 census, Denham had a population of 607.Located on the western coast of the Peron Peninsula north of Perth, Denham is the westernmost town in Australia, and is named in honour of Captain Henry Mangles... ; bulk ore-carrier Korean Star sunk.
Cyclone Ilona	15 December 1988	Port Hedland					$2.4M
Cyclone Orson Cyclone Orson Severe Tropical Cyclone Orson was the fourth most intense cyclone ever recorded in the Australian region. Forming out of a tropical low on 17 April 1989, Orson gradually intensified as it tracked towards the west. After attaining Category 5 intensity on 20 April, the storm began to track...	23 April 1989	Multiple Regions	2	20	1000	60	$2.4M	Damaged offshore oil and gas rigs; one n Indonesia Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an... fisherman drowned; damage to Dampier Dampier, Western Australia Dampier is a major industrial port in the north-west of Western Australia. The Dampier Port is part of the Dampier Archipelago. The port services petrochemical, salt, iron ore and natural gas export industries. Rio Tinto exports large volumes of iron ore through the port, and in September 2010... , Karratha Karratha, Western Australia -Facilities:A range of hotel, motel, B&B and caravan/RV accommodation is available for visitors. However, as the town is booming, accommodation is often hard to come by.The town has restaurants, a tavern, two hotels and two night clubs... and Panawonica Pannawonica, Western Australia The town of Pannawonica is an iron-ore mining town located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, near the Robe River, about 200 km south-west from Karratha... .
Cyclone Fifi	15 April 1991	Multiple Regions	29	10	2000		$0M	Mineral Diamond sunk with loss of 27 lives; extensive damage to properties in Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... .
Cyclone Bobby	23 February 1995	Dampier	7	15	7000	30	$11M	Extensive damage to Onslow Onslow, Western Australia Onslow is a coastal town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, north of Perth. It currently has a population of around 573 people and is in the Shire of Ashburton Local Government Area.... ; two fishing trawlers sunk with 7 lives lost; widespread flooding and infrastructure damage.
Cyclone Frank	8 December 1995	Exmouth Gulf		2	500	20	$0M
Cyclone Gertie	18 December 1995	Port Hedland			200		$0M	Minor damage only
Cyclone Kirsty	12 March 1996	Port Hedland			400	50	$0M
Cyclone Lindsay	1 July 1996	Carnarvon					$0M	Flooding
Cyclone Olivia Cyclone Olivia Severe Tropical Cyclone Olivia was a powerful Category 4 cyclone that produced the highest non-tornadic winds on record, 408 km/h .-Meteorological history:...	8 April 1996	Dampier		10	1500	250	$2M	Had the fastest ever non-tornado wind gust recorded on Earth
	26 January 1998	Port Hedland		7			$0M	Seven people were rescued from the Indian Ocean after their boat sank.
	3 January 1999	Perth					$0M	Moora Moora, Western Australia Moora is a townsite located 177 km north of Perth in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. Moora was one of the original stations on the Midland railway line to Walkaway, and the townsite was gazetted in 1895... and Geraldton Geraldton, Western Australia Geraldton is a city and port in Western Australia located north of Perth in the Mid West region. Geraldton has an estimated population at June 2010 of 36,958... flooded.
Cyclone John	10 December 1999	Port Hedland		1	1000	40	$0M	Australia's strongest cyclone to that date.
Cyclone Sam	8 December 2000	Multiple Regions					$0M	Bidyadanga evacuated.
Cyclone Chris	7 February 2002	Port Hedland					$0M	Warralong Aboriginal Community badly damaged, Nullagine Nullagine, Western Australia Nullagine is an old goldrush town in Western Australia's Pilbara region. It is located on the Nullagine River 296 km south-east of Port Hedland and 1,364 km north-north-east of Perth on the old Great Northern Highway.... flooded.
Cyclone Monty	3 February 2004	Pilbara					$0M	The Ashburton river, Robe river, Fortescue River Fortescue River The Fortescue River is an ephemeral river in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. It is the third longest river in the state.The river rises near Deadman Hill in the Ophthalmia Range about 30 km South of Newman. The river flows in a Northerly direction parallel with the Great Northern... Maitland river and Harding River were all in flood. Water level peak at 3.9 meters above the Harding River dam.
Cyclone Ingrid Cyclone Ingrid Cyclone Ingrid was a tropical cyclone which struck northern Australia during the 2004-05 Australian region cyclone season. Its minimum pressure was 924 mbar .-Meteorological history:Ingrid developed in the Coral Sea on 3 March 2005...	10 March 2005	NT, QLD and WA					$0M	Widespread damage in Queensland Queensland Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean... and the Northern Territory Northern Territory The Northern Territory is a federal territory of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions... ; in Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east... , houses in Kalumburu were damaged.
Cyclone George Cyclone George Severe Tropical Cyclone George was the third tropical cyclone to affect the Australian region and the first to affect Western Australia in 2007...	8 March 2007	Port Hedland	3	28			$0M	Extensive damage in Port Hedland Port Hedland, Western Australia Port Hedland is the highest tonnage port in Australia and largest town in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with a population of approximately 14,000 .... , killed three people in small mining camps south of the town. Worst cyclone since Joan in 1975.

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