Tropical Cyclone Tracy was the worst of them all

Chris McLennan
Updated March 27 2017 - 5:38pm, first published 1:22pm
UNPRECEDENTED: Darwin was flattened by a tropical cyclone on Christmas eve in 1974,  an explosive weather system with many parallels to TC Debbie.
UNPRECEDENTED: Darwin was flattened by a tropical cyclone on Christmas eve in 1974, an explosive weather system with many parallels to TC Debbie.

It was a miracle fewer than 100 people died from a population of nearly 40,000 when Cyclone Tracy barreled into Darwin on Christmas eve in 1974.

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Chris McLennan

Chris McLennan

National Rural Property Writer

ACM national rural property writer based in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Career journalist. Multi award winner.

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