How long did cyclone Larry last for?

Answer 1

The winds started becoming destructive at about 7.30am and by about 11.30am it was safe to go outside, maybe a little earlier. I was there, I was 8 years old and remember gusts of wind started breaking things about 5pm on 24/12/71 and the wind blew hard all night. We lost power for several days. The eye passed directly over Townsville and lasted about 10 to 15 minutes, it was a strange silence after such feroucious winds and then the wind hit again from the opposite direction at over 200kms/hr. The roof was ripped off the house opposite us and crashed into another house taking all the fences with it. Fortuatley we were in a brand new single story house with Cyclone proof roof bolts and we were one of the few houses that sustained only minor damage from flying objects. The wind subsided on Christmas Day, I remember having vegemite on bread for Christmas dinner. It rained solid for weeks after the cyclone passed and Townsville was flooded causing even more damage. It was like a bomb had gone off, 90% of homes were damaged and many destroyed. The damage was far less than Darwin experienced when Tracy hit 3 years later but this was probably because Townsville had been hit about 16 times before and the building codes were stricter. Darwin had never taken a direct hit and as a result insufficient building codes cost them dearly.

Answer 2

All cyclone have a different life span. But on average a cyclone will last for about 3 - 7 day. A cyclone is fromed when low pressured air rises over a sea of about 27 degrees. From 5 - 15 degrees latitude north and south. The high pressured air is trying to fill up the low, the winds are coming out of the high and in to the low in a clockwise direction in the Southern Hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the northern. Once a cyclone is formed the sea is it's food and energy, A cyclone can last for day out at sea but once it hits the land it has no food or energy source so it dies. If you rub your finger in a circle on a smooth surface, it is very easy and after a while you can feel the heat. If you rub your finger on a rough surface, it is a lot harder to move and it does not heat up. The finger was a cyclone, first on a smooth surface, the ocean. Then a rough surface, the land. As you can see that you finger does not have to energy to go on. This is how a cyclone forms and how long it can last for.

All cyclone have a different life span. But on average a cyclone will last for about 3 - 7 day. A cyclone is fromed when low pressured air rises over a sea of about 27 degrees. From 5 - 15 degrees latitude north and south. The high pressured air is trying to fill up the low, the winds are coming out of the high and in to the low in a clockwise direction in the southern hemisphere and anti-clockwise in the northern. Once a cyclone is formed the sea is it's food and energy, A cyclone can last for day out at sea but once it hits the land it has no food or energy source so it dies. If you rub your finger in a circle on a smooth surface, it is very easy and after a while you can feel the heat. If you rub your finger on a rough surface, it is a lot harder to move and it does not heat up. The finger was a cyclone, first on a smooth surface, the ocean. Then a rough surface, the land. As you can see that you finger does not have to energy to go on. This is how a cyclone forms and how long it can last for.

Answer 3

Cyclone Domoina caused major flooding in Mozambique around the 24th of January, 1984. Historically, it was probably the worst flooding that the KwaZulu-Natal region has ever experienced. I wasn't around during Cyclone Domoina (born 1986), but I would say that Domoina's onslaught lasted around two days with effects lasting for several weeks. Cyclone Imboa hit in February, compounding the situation. Madagascar is the country most vulnerable to cyclones in the region, however Mozambique has suffered major cyclone landfalls with Domoina, Imboa, Doaza (1988), Eline (2000), Japhet (2003), and Favio (2007).

Answer 4

Tropical cyclones can last less than a day to several weeks, it just depends how long they are over warm, seas. When they hit land or colder water they weaken and die out.

Answer 5

7 days; 7th of November 1970 - 13th of November 1970

Answer 6

They can last for a few weeks.

Answer 7

it depends on the type on the cyclone

Answer 8

45 seconds