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Australia's worst disasters by 
Australia's natural disasters by 
Natural hazards by 
ABC News segments detailing the approach of cyclone Yasi to the far north Queensland coast. Includes reports from journalists at the scene and meteorological information.
Cyclones are a fact of life throughout tropical Australia. They are multi-hazard, bringing extreme winds, floods, violent seas and storm surges. This program shows how to prepare family and property, how to access information and warnings as the cyclone is nearing and what to do once the cyclone has arrived.
Covers droughts, impact of droughts on farms, drought in urban areas. Cyclones cover warnings, categories and preparation for cyclones.
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Strictly speaking, a cyclone is any low-pressure system in the atmosphere. In a sense, a tornado is a very small cyclone because it has low atmospheric pressure in the center. However, the term is usually reserved for much larger storm systems, covering areas hundreds of miles across.
A tropical cyclone is a low-pressure system which develops in the tropics and is sufficiently intense to produce sustained gale force winds of at least 63km/h. If the sustained wind reaches hurricane force of at least 118km/h the system is defined as a severe tropical cyclone. In other parts of the world they are called hurricanes or typhoons.
