Cyclone Debbie

On 27th March 2017, NASA's Aqua satellite 's Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) took a natural color image of Cyclone Debby close to the coast of Queensland, Australia. Shortly after the image was obtained, the US typhoon alarm center estimated that the sustained wind speed of the storm center was 90 knots (165 km or 105 mph).

A forecaster in the Australian Meteorological Bureau predicts that this storm will pass through the Whitsunday Islands and will fall between Ayr and Cape Hillsboro on March 28. They predicted that the wind speed near the center of the storm would be as high as 260 kilometers per hour.

On March 29, tropical cyclones are downgraded to tropical cyclones and are expected to move south to Central Queensland. The former tropical cyclone continues to cause strong winds and heavy rains on the central coast and the Whitsunday Islands, Central Highlands and coal fields. The risk of flood still exists. Recommended to New Zealanders in Queensland state to monitor development by monitoring local news and weather forecast (external link) on the weather station website. We recommend that you always follow local government recommendations, including evacuation orders. Recommendations of local governments are posted on the Met Office website.

The strong tropical depression in 2017 is Australia's strongest tropical depression since Quang 2015 and since the year 2011 Isaiah it is considered to be the most dangerous low pressure in Queensland. Tropical cold was formed on March 23, and its low temperature gradually deteriorated the tropical cyclone named on March 26. After stabilizing and strengthening offshore to the Category 4 system, Debbie finally landed near Airy beach at 12:40 on March 28th. Later, Debbie quickly weakened to tropical cyclones late late March 28, but continued to move south, causing serious damage and floods in densely populated areas of southeastern Queensland and northern rivers It was. Overall, this storm caused Australia's loss of A $ 3.5 billion (US $ 2.67 billion) and 14 deaths. This is mainly due to floods. Since the 1991 Cyclone Fifi, this makes Debbie the most deadly hurricane.

The former tropical cyclone continues to move south, joins the cold front and moves to the northern coast of New South Wales. This caused heavy rain on the northern river, causing serious floods in the municipalities of Tweed, Lismore, Byron, Richmond Valley, Kyogle, Ballina. While the Pacific Highway was flooded by the flood of Chinderah, the woman drowned in the flood in a rural area south of Murwillumbah. Prime Minister Gladys Berejiklian of New South Wales state announced that these areas were affected areas, and residents were able to receive disaster relief funds. The other two were confirmed to be drowned in the flood on April 1, the other was in the south of Murwillumbah and one was in Gungal.