Exactly 50 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1974, Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin and left a trail of devastation. It remains one of the most destructive natural events in Australia's history. Wind speeds ...

In the early hours of Christmas Day, 1974, Darwin was changed forever. 50 years ago Cyclone Tracy claimed the lives of 66 people, destroying most of the town. 19 year old sailor Sue Bigham was ...

By lunchtime Christmas Day, when residents were just starting to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives, Tracy was near Fogg Day and denegrating into a rain depression. Cyclone Tracy left in ...

A Christmas morning heralded by soft rain but ... Now, 50 years on, survivors of Cyclone Tracy share their incredible tales of the night Darwin was blown away. Hundreds gathered at East Point ...

The flowers being installed at the East Point site of the Cyclone Tracy memorial. “I wake up every morning on Christmas morning, I’m awake during the night and wake again close to dawn ...

As families across the nation spend their Christmas morning opening presents, hundreds - including the PM - will gather at East Point Reserve to remember Cyclone Tracy. At sunrise on Wednesday ...

Exactly 50 years ago, on Christmas Eve 1974, Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin and left a trail of devastation. It remains one of the most destructive natural events in Australia's history.

“The devastation that was felt during the Christmas time of 1974 still resonates today for the survivors of Cyclone Tracy,” he said. “This will be a difficult period where people will ...