During March 2005, Cyclone Ingrid travelled across parts of Queensland, the Northern Territory and Western Australia, with varying intensity, before degenerating into a rain depression. Most of Cyclone Ingrid’s track was across sparsely populated areas and so the potential for damage to housing and infrastructure was quite limited. Findings from the damage survey include;best estimate of “Ingrid” Wind speeds at Croker Island was about 200 - 250 km/h (approx cyclone category 4 wind speeds); most houses resisted wind forces (this should be the case as the winds were less than the design wind speed); residents were able to shelter in buildings that didn’t fail (hence no injuries); where failures were observed, the damage was attributed to inadequate, missing or corroded structural components in nearly all cases. JCU Cyclone Testing Station Technical Report 50 September 2005.
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