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Severe Tropical Cyclone Ada was a small but intense tropical cyclone that severely impacted the Whitsunday Region of Queensland, Australia, in January 1970. It has been described as a defining event in the history of the Whitsunday Islands, and was the most damaging storm in the mainland town of Proserpine's history at the time. Forming over the far eastern Coral Sea in early January, the weather disturbance that would become Ada remained weak and disorganised for nearly two weeks as it slowly moved in a clockwise loop. Accelerating toward the southwest, the system was named Ada on 15 January. All observations of the fledgling cyclone were made remotely with weather satellite imagery until it passed over an automated weather station on 16 January. The extremely compact cyclone, with a gale

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  • Severe Tropical Cyclone Ada was a small but intense tropical cyclone that severely impacted the Whitsunday Region of Queensland, Australia, in January 1970. It has been described as a defining event in the history of the Whitsunday Islands, and was the most damaging storm in the mainland town of Proserpine's history at the time. Forming over the far eastern Coral Sea in early January, the weather disturbance that would become Ada remained weak and disorganised for nearly two weeks as it slowly moved in a clockwise loop. Accelerating toward the southwest, the system was named Ada on 15 January. All observations of the fledgling cyclone were made remotely with weather satellite imagery until it passed over an automated weather station on 16 January. The extremely compact cyclone, with a gale radius of just 55 km (35 mi), intensified into a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone just before striking the Whitsunday Islands at 14:00 UTC on 17 January. At 18:30 UTC, Ada's eye crossed the coast at Shute Harbour. The cyclone made little inland progress before stalling northwest of Mackay and dissipating on 19 January. Ada devastated several resort islands in the Whitsundays, in some cases destroying virtually all facilities and guest cabins. The biggest resort, located on Daydream Island, was obliterated, with similar destruction seen on South Molle, Hayman, and Long islands; since most boats docked on these islands were destroyed, hundreds of tourists in these resorts became stranded and required emergency rescue. Based on the severity of the damage, wind gusts were later estimated at 220 km/h (140 mph) . As Ada moved ashore, most homes were damaged or destroyed in communities near the storm's landfall point, including Cannonvale, Airlie Beach, and Shute Harbour. Extreme rainfall totals as high as 1,250 mm (49 in) caused massive river flooding in coastal waterways between Bowen and Mackay. The floodwaters washed out roads and left some locations isolated for days. Offshore, seven people were missing and presumed dead after their fishing trawler encountered the cyclone. Ada killed a total of 14 people, including 11 at sea, and caused A$12 million in damage. The cyclone revealed inadequacies in the warning broadcast system, and served as the impetus for enhanced cyclone awareness programs that have been credited with saving lives in subsequent cyclones. In January 2020, on the 50th anniversary of the disaster, a memorial to the storm victims was erected along the shoreline at Airlie Beach. (en)
  • O furacão Ada foi um pequeno mas intenso furacão que afetou severamente a região de Whitsunday, em Queensland, na Austrália, em janeiro de 1970. Foi descrito como um evento decisivo na história das ilhas do arquipélago Whitsunday e foi o ciclone mais prejudicial na cidade de Proserpine na época. No início de janeiro, formando-se no extremo leste do mar de Coral, a agitação do tempo que se tornaria o Ada permaneceu fraca e irregular por quase duas semanas, enquanto se movia lentamente no sentido horário. Indo de forma rápida ao sudoeste, foi chamado de Ada em 15 de janeiro. Todas as observações do furacão nascente foram feitas remotamente com imagens de satélites meteorológicos até passarem por uma estação meteorológica automatizada em 16 de janeiro. O ciclone extremamente compacto, com uma intensidade de apenas 55 km (35 mi), transformou-se em um severo ciclone tropical da categoria 3 da escala da Bureau of Meteorology, pouco antes de alcançar às ilhas Whitsundays às 14h00 UTC, em 17 de janeiro. Às 18h30 UTC, o olho do Ada atravessou a costa no porto de Shute. O furacão fez pouco progresso no interior do país antes de parar o noroeste de Mackay e dissipar-se em 19 de janeiro. O furacão devastou várias ilhas próprias para centro de férias, em alguns casos destruindo praticamente todas as instalações e cabines turísticas. O maior resorte, localizado na ilha Daydream, foi dizimado, com destruições semelhantes nas ilhas South Molle, Hayman e Long; ao passo que a maioria dos barcos ancorados nessas ilhas foram destruídos, centenas de turistas ficaram presos e exigiram resgate de emergência. Com base na gravidade do dano, as rajadas de vento foram estimadas em 220 km/h (140 mph). Quando Ada chegou ao continente, muitas casas foram danificada ou destruída em comunidades perto do ponto de landfall, incluindo Cannonvale, Airlie Beach e Shute Harbour. A precipitação extrema totalizou 1,25 m e causou inundações maciças de rios nas vias costeiras entre Bowen e Mackay. As enchentes varreram estradas e deixaram alguns locais isolados por dias. No mar, as sete pessoas que estavam desaparecidas foram presumidas mortas depois que o barco arrastão em que estavam presente encontrou o ciclone. Ada matou um total de 14 pessoas, incluindo 11 no mar, e causou danos de 12 milhões de dólares australiano. O furacão revelou insuficiências no sistema de alerta e serviu como um impulso para programas de conscientização de ciclones aprimorados que foram creditados com a salvação de vidas em furacões posteriores. (pt)
  • 强烈热带气旋阿达(英語:Severe Tropical Cyclone Ada)规模较小但强度颇高,于1970年1月重创澳大利亚昆士兰州威桑迪区,对圣灵群岛历史发展有重大影响,澳大利亚本土小镇普拉瑟潘的破坏严重程度创下新纪录。系统源于1月初珊瑚海最东部海域上空形成的扰动天气,最初两周移动缓慢,强度很低且结构杂乱无章,前进路线形成顺时针环路,然后在加速向西南方向行进期间于1月15日获名“阿达”。气旋存在早期的观测记录很少,基本局限于气象卫星图像,直至1月16日经过自动气象站后情况才有改观。风暴极其紧凑,烈风强度风场半径仅55公里。协调世界时1月17日下午14点,已增强成三级强烈热带气旋的阿达袭击圣灵群岛。UTC下午18点30分,气旋风眼经过海岸,但只朝内陆行进很短距离就在麦凯西北方向基本停止移动,最终于1月19日逐渐消散。 圣灵群岛多个度假小岛在风暴肆虐后变得满目疮痍,部分岛屿几乎所有设施和客房全部被毁。群岛以的度假景点规模最大,但却被这场风暴夷为平地,、海曼岛及均有类似灾情。停在这些岛上的绝大多数船只毁于一旦,成百上千前来度假的游客被困,需要紧急救援。从灾情严重程度估算,阿达产生的阵风时速高达220公里。风暴上岸后,登陆点附近包括、埃尔利海滩、舒特港在内多个社区的绝大多数民房受损或被毁。最高降雨量达1250毫米,导致至麦凯间的沿海水道大面积洪水泛滥。洪水冲垮公路,部分地区连续数日与世隔绝。一艘拖网渔船在海上遇到气旋,船上七人失踪,推定均已遇难。风暴共造成14人丧生(其中海上11人),经济损失1200万澳大利亚元。阿达令人们意识到现有预警广播系统的不足,进而推动社会增强气旋灾害意识,减少未来风暴灾难中的死亡人数。2020年1月,埃尔利海滩于灾难50周年之际在海边立起纪念碑,纪念遇难人士。 (zh)
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  • Satellite image of a small tropical cyclone near the northeastern coast of Australia. A long band of clouds is seen extending to the southeast. (en)
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  • Severe Tropical Cyclone Ada was a small but intense tropical cyclone that severely impacted the Whitsunday Region of Queensland, Australia, in January 1970. It has been described as a defining event in the history of the Whitsunday Islands, and was the most damaging storm in the mainland town of Proserpine's history at the time. Forming over the far eastern Coral Sea in early January, the weather disturbance that would become Ada remained weak and disorganised for nearly two weeks as it slowly moved in a clockwise loop. Accelerating toward the southwest, the system was named Ada on 15 January. All observations of the fledgling cyclone were made remotely with weather satellite imagery until it passed over an automated weather station on 16 January. The extremely compact cyclone, with a gale (en)
  • O furacão Ada foi um pequeno mas intenso furacão que afetou severamente a região de Whitsunday, em Queensland, na Austrália, em janeiro de 1970. Foi descrito como um evento decisivo na história das ilhas do arquipélago Whitsunday e foi o ciclone mais prejudicial na cidade de Proserpine na época. No início de janeiro, formando-se no extremo leste do mar de Coral, a agitação do tempo que se tornaria o Ada permaneceu fraca e irregular por quase duas semanas, enquanto se movia lentamente no sentido horário. Indo de forma rápida ao sudoeste, foi chamado de Ada em 15 de janeiro. Todas as observações do furacão nascente foram feitas remotamente com imagens de satélites meteorológicos até passarem por uma estação meteorológica automatizada em 16 de janeiro. O ciclone extremamente compacto, com uma (pt)
  • 强烈热带气旋阿达(英語:Severe Tropical Cyclone Ada)规模较小但强度颇高,于1970年1月重创澳大利亚昆士兰州威桑迪区,对圣灵群岛历史发展有重大影响,澳大利亚本土小镇普拉瑟潘的破坏严重程度创下新纪录。系统源于1月初珊瑚海最东部海域上空形成的扰动天气,最初两周移动缓慢,强度很低且结构杂乱无章,前进路线形成顺时针环路,然后在加速向西南方向行进期间于1月15日获名“阿达”。气旋存在早期的观测记录很少,基本局限于气象卫星图像,直至1月16日经过自动气象站后情况才有改观。风暴极其紧凑,烈风强度风场半径仅55公里。协调世界时1月17日下午14点,已增强成三级强烈热带气旋的阿达袭击圣灵群岛。UTC下午18点30分,气旋风眼经过海岸,但只朝内陆行进很短距离就在麦凯西北方向基本停止移动,最终于1月19日逐渐消散。 (zh)
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