Category 5 Tropical Cyclone “Ilsa” makes landfall in Western Australia, setting the country’s new landfall wind speed record

[Martin Oliver Cloonan]

Tropical Cyclone “Ilsa” made landfall as a Category 5 system in a sparsely populated area of Western Australia around 16:00 UTC on April 13, 2023 (00:00 LT on April 14), as the strongest cyclone to hit the region in 14 years.

With a 10-minute sustained wind speed of 218 km/h (135 mph) registered at Bedout Island, Ilsa has set Australia’s new wind speed record at landfall. The previous record was 194 km/h (120 mph), set in 2007 by Tropical Cyclone “George”, also at Bedout Island.

Ilsa had one-minute sustained winds of 240 km/h (149 mph), and three-second sustained winds of 295 km/h (183 mph), both new records.

 

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