Cyclone Monica (2006)

Monica was the most intense cyclone on record to impact Australia in terms of maximum sustained winds. Travelling west, it intensified into a severe tropical cyclone and made landfall in Far North Queensland near Lockhart River on 19 April 2006, then struck again about 35 km west of Maningrida on 24 April at the same intensity. Wind gusts defoliated an area of about 7,000 square kilometres in the Northern Territory.

Formed (UTC)

2006-04-16

Dissipated (UTC)

2006-04-27

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

5

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

155

Basin it formed in

South Pacific

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2006106S10153

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: tropical cyclone, northern territory, queensland, category 5, landfall

Coordinates: -12.29912432417539, 138.8991243241754

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

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