Cyclone Laurence (2009)

The Bureau of Meteorology first identified the system on 8 December 2009 over the Arafura Sea. It made its final landfall on the Pilbara coastline of Western Australia at Category 5 on the Australian scale and caused severe damage. As it accelerated inland it was expected to bring gale-force winds and flooding rain as far as South Australia.

Formed (UTC)

2009-12-08

Dissipated (UTC)

2009-12-23

Peak Saffir-Simpson category

4

Peak wind (knots, 1-minute)

130

Basin it formed in

South Pacific

IBTrACS storm page

ncics.org/ibtracs/index.php?name=v04r01-2009342S09140

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: tropical cyclone, australia, landfall, pilbara

Coordinates: -16.648621701947246, 124.22431085097362

Part of South-West Indian Ocean cyclones of category 4 and above in the 2010 to 2018 seasons

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