Satellite image of Cyclone Aivu near peak intensity on 3 April
Meteorological history
Formed
31 March 1989
Dissipated
5 April 1989
Category 5 severe tropical cyclone
10-minute sustained (BOM)
Highest winds
205 km/h (125 mph)
Lowest pressure
935 hPa (mbar); 27.61 inHg
Category 4-equivalent tropical cyclone
1-minute sustained (SSHWS/JTWC)
Highest winds
220 km/h (140 mph)
Overall effects
Fatalities
3 total
Damage
$156 million (1997 USD)
Areas affected
Papua New Guinea, Queensland, New South Wales
Part of the 1988–89 Australian region cyclone season
Severe Tropical Cyclone Aivu was a powerful late-season tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage across parts of Queensland, Australia in April 1989.
Severe Tropical CycloneAivu was a powerful late-season tropical cyclone that caused extensive damage across parts of Queensland, Australia in April 1989...
Tropical CycloneAivu: Rainfall" (PDF). Bureau of Meteorology. Government of Australia. 6 June 1990. p. 17–18. Retrieved 13 March 2014. "Tropical Cyclone May"...
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Tropical CycloneAivu: Rainfall" (PDF). Bureau of Meteorology. Government of Australia. 6 June 1990. p. 17–18. Retrieved 13 March 2014. "Tropical Cyclone May"...
Tropical CycloneAivu: Rainfall" (PDF). Bureau of Meteorology. Government of Australia. 6 June 1990. p. 17–18. Retrieved 13 March 2014. "Tropical Cyclone May"...
Tropical CycloneAivu: Rainfall" (PDF). Bureau of Meteorology. Government of Australia. 6 June 1990. p. 17–18. Retrieved 13 March 2014. "Tropical Cyclone May"...
Tropical CycloneAivu: Rainfall" (PDF). Bureau of Meteorology. Government of Australia. June 6, 1990. p. 17–18. Retrieved March 13, 2014. "Tropical Cyclone May"...
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Tropical CycloneAivu: Rainfall" (PDF). Bureau of Meteorology. Government of Australia. 6 June 1990. p. 17–18. Retrieved 13 March 2014. "Tropical Cyclone May"...
Tropical CycloneAivu: Rainfall" (PDF). Bureau of Meteorology. Government of Australia. 6 June 1990. p. 17–18. Retrieved 13 March 2014. "Tropical Cyclone May"...
opened a new open cut mine using modern heap leaching processes. In 1989 CycloneAivu damaged the facade of the hall and caused the complete collapse of the...
Tropical CycloneAivu: Rainfall" (PDF). Bureau of Meteorology. Government of Australia. 6 June 1990. p. 17–18. Retrieved 13 March 2014. "Tropical Cyclone May"...
February 2014. Noar, P.F., ed. (June 1990). Report on Severe Tropical CycloneAivu (PDF) (Report). Melbourne, Victoria, Australia: Bureau of Meteorology...
level of 127.08% in April 1989 as a result of heavy rain from Tropical CycloneAivu. Camping is the main reason people come to Eungella Dam, as well as fishing...
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