It really got to me.” Tracy was by no means the most powerful cyclone recorded in Australia, but its path directly through Darwin devastated the city. The weather bureau recorded wind speeds of ...

And 90 per cent of houses in Darwin were damaged to the point they were "uninhabitable", leaving over 30,000 ... houses all around the country. Cyclone Tracy never lost its grip on Geoff Boughton ...

Mr Albanese said the 50th anniversary of Cyclone Tracy ... leaving death and devastation in her wake,” Mr Dutton said in a statement. “But in the aftermath of the disaster that destroyed ...

In the early hours of Christmas Day, 1974, Darwin was changed forever. 50 years ago Cyclone Tracy claimed the lives of 66 people, destroying most of the town. 19 year old sailor Sue Bigham was ...

Ms Leathley says she's thinking of calling for advice from a friend who was in Darwin on Christmas Day in 1974, when the infamous Cyclone Tracy struck. "He was four years old at the time and he's ...