Tropical Cyclone George crossed the Pilbara coast east of Port Hedland in the late evening of Thursday 8th March 2007. This report details the results of studies of damage in the Greater Port Hedland area and a few stations and communities close to Port Hedland only. It focuses on structural damage, though some comments are made about water damage. Less than 2% of buildings sustained structural damage. The low damage figure relates to the fact that the estimated wind speed was 65% of the current design wind speed for the area. The worst structural damage observed was loss of the major part of the roof structure. JCU Cyclone Testing Station Technical Report 52 April 2007.
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