It is hard to comprehend the force with which Cyclone Tracy struck Darwin early on Christmas Day ... as a track of fallen trees nearly 13 kilometres wide was later discovered in the surrounding ...

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 ...

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 ...

"We all grew up together and we went through Cyclone Tracy together ... had been happily wrapping Christmas presents with her family and placing them under the tree. She was 14 at the time.

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 ...

Mr Albanese will be spending Christmas Day in Darwin, officially unveiling the 50th anniversary Cyclone Tracy memorial at East Point. “It will be an opportunity for us to pay tribute and to hear ...

“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 ...