Cyclone Larry (2006)

Larry crossed the coast of Far North Queensland close to Innisfail on 20 March 2006, the eye passing between Gordonvale and Tully between 6:20 and 7:20 am AEST. It came ashore as a category 5 on the Australian scale with wind gusts reaching 240 km/h, then dissipated over land across the following days. Damage throughout Queensland came to roughly A$1.5 billion.

Formed (UTC)

2006-03-14

Dissipated (UTC)

2006-03-21

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

115

Basin it formed in

South Pacific

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2006074S13158

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: tropical cyclone, queensland, innisfail, landfall, damage

Coordinates: -17.677743706737246, 152.17805034610205

Part of South Pacific tropical cyclones of category 4 and above in the 1997 to 2009 seasons

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