Cyclone Debbie swirled in the Coral Sea in March 2017 before coming ashore near Townsville, Queensland.

What towns did Cyclone Debbie?

The cyclone devastated resort islands in the Whitsunday group including Hamilton and Daydream Islands, as well as the towns of Airlie Beach and Proserpine.

What caused Cyclone Debbie?

Debbie is the fifth cyclone of the season for Australia as a whole and the most intense of the season so far. Anomalously high moisture, warm ocean temperatures, and low environmental pressures seem to have created the conditions that allowed Debbie to form and grow in intensity.