Exactly 50 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1974, Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin and left a trail of devastation. It remains one of the most destructive natural events in Australia's history. Wind speeds ...

Made by Film Australia 1974. Directed by Chris Noonan. Early in the morning of December 25 the Territory's capital city - Darwin - was destroyed by Cyclone Tracy. The city became the site of ...

Northern Australia is no stranger to cyclones. However, Cyclone Tracy, which hit Darwin in the early hours of Christmas Day 1974, was among the most destructive recorded in Australia. Wind gusts ...

Now, 50 years on, survivors of Cyclone Tracy share their incredible tales ... the category four system struck Darwin on December 25, 1974. The cyclone destroyed and damaged eight in 10 homes ...

Cyclone Tracy tore a path of destruction through Darwin that would take years to repair. Gusts reached 217km/h before measuring instruments failed, and 66 people were killed as buildings blew apart ...

On Christmas Eve of 1974, huddled under the kitchen table with her family and clinging to her puppy Whisper during Cyclone Tracy, then 10-year-old remembered repeating over and over, "please God ...

Tracy changed Darwin but Darwin is Darwin, and it will always be Darwin.” For those who lived through the cyclone, like Andrew Demetriou... the events of Christmas Day 1974 would be etched ...

Sky News Darwin bureau chief Matt Cunningham discusses the devastating impact of Cyclone Tracy on Darwin in 1974 ahead of a special Sky News investigation marking the 50th anniversary of one of ...

Cyclone Tracy began forming as a tropical low on December 20, 1974, in the Arafura Sea, between Timor and West New Guinea, an area known as a ‘cyclone breeding ground’. The system moved south ...

If a cyclone like Tracy struck today, hundreds of counsellors and psychologists would be engaged to help survivors deal with the trauma of their near-death experience. In 1974, it was a case of ...