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Australia: Post-cyclone, rebuilding for a changing climate
Op-Ed: Cyclone Larry: Building After the Event
North Queensland, Australia: Post-cyclone, northern Queensland has a major opportunity to rebuild for a changing climate.
by Tony Fry
March 24, 2006
Find this article by Tony Fry at: ArchNewsNow, http://www.archnewsnow.com/features/Feature190.htm
North Queensland, Australia: Post-cyclone, northern Queensland has a major opportunity to rebuild for a changing climate.
by Tony Fry
March 24, 2006
Category 5 Cyclone Larry made landfall on the coastline of North Queensland at around 7am on Monday, March 20. With wind speed reaching near 300km/h, it exceeded the force of Cyclone Tracy that flattened the city of Darwin in December 1974. Larrys highest wind gusts were 70 km/h greater than that event and 50km/h faster than the U.S.s Hurricane Katrina. By the time the 50km wide front reached Normanton, 1,000kms to the west, it had reduced to Category 1 and had left an inevitable trail of destruction in its wake. The combination of a small and dispersed population, plus three days of preparation, meant that no lives were lost and injuries were few. Yet thousands of buildings have been destroyed or severely damaged. (....)
Find this article by Tony Fry at: ArchNewsNow, http://www.archnewsnow.com/features/Feature190.htm
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