Exactly 50 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1974, Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin and left a trail of devastation. It remains one of the most destructive natural events in Australia’s history.

LYNNWOOD — Brian O’Connor and his mom set up the tent they were living in the day before the November bomb cyclone in the woods in Lynnwood, a spot they had never camped at before.

Exactly 50 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1974, Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin and left a trail of devastation. It remains one of the most destructive natural events in Australia's history. Wind speeds ...

Fifty years ago, soon after midnight on Christmas Day 1974, Cyclone Tracy tore through Darwin, leaving a trail of destruction that killed at least 66 people. It damaged or destroyed more than 80 ...

Survivors of “the destructive force of nature at its very worst” have gathered with politicians to mark 50 years since the Australian tragedy. The 1974 cyclone swept through Darwin on ...

Cyclone Tracy killed dozens of people when it struck Darwin in 1974. (Karlhuber, Joe. (1975) Wagaman after Cyclone Tracy. Retrieved 2024, December 20, from https ...

Cyclone Chido, which struck on Dec. 14 and killed at least 39 people, is inflaming already dangerous tensions over immigration on Mayotte, an archipelago off Africa’s eastern coast.

A Christmas morning heralded by soft rain but with the memory of nature's unimaginable ferocity. Memories of terror and devastation, but also sheer resilience. The ...

The roof was gone, the structure reduced to rubble. Cyclone Tracy had unleashed its catastrophic force on Darwin, leaving the city in ruins and a nation in shock. Now a volunteer working at the ...

WASHINGTON, USA — KING 5 received questions asking whether Monday evening's storm was considered a "bomb cyclone." At this point, the short answer is no, according to meteorologist Leah Pezzetti.

It's the noise and the smell of Cyclone Tracy that linger longest in the memory of Patricia Collins. The noise was terrifying. Huddled together with her Royal Australian Navy colleagues in a large ...