The documentary is among a slew of local productions focusing on Cyclone Tracy and its aftermath. The pick of those was the Sky News produced Cyclone Tracy - 50 Years On, which was brim-full of ...

Cyclone Tracy also showed how community efforts and volunteers are essential in disaster recovery. In the cyclone's aftermath, local emergency services were overwhelmed. Volunteers quickly became ...

We’ve all seen the incredible pictures and film taken in the aftermath of Cyclone Tracy. Most of us have probably even stood in the sound booth at the Museum and Art Gallery and listened to ...

Collins in Darwin. Picture: Rock and Tempest: Surviving Cyclone Tracy and its Aftermath by Patricia Collins, Hachette Australia. Collins says of the 90 or so WRANS servicewomen based in the Top ...

However, Cyclone Tracy, which hit Darwin in the early hours ... Fifty years on, the Eys vividly recall the lead up, landfall and aftermath of one of Australia's worst natural disasters.

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 ...

By the time Cyclone Tracy put them to the test, St John had added three or four more ambulances, and in the aftermath the organisation took control of the health department's emergency vehicles as ...

“In the aftermath of this devastating cyclone ... “As the intense and slow-moving Cyclone Tracy hit Darwin directly, families sought shelter in bathrooms, under tables and beds, in cars ...

One week after a bomb cyclone tore through Western Washington, thousands are still grappling with the storm's aftermath ... to PSE spokesperson Gerald Tracy, crews have encountered extensive ...

“But in the aftermath of the disaster that destroyed ... “From the tragedy of Cyclone Tracy, many lessons were learnt which saw improvements to building standards as well as disaster planning ...

They were the only servicewomen who stood shoulder to shoulder with their male counterparts during Cyclone Tracy and its immediate aftermath, yet until now they’ve been ‘wiped from history’.