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submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

NSW could be impacted by destructive tropical cyclones this decade, and it's not because of climate change.

While only two cyclones have directly struck NSW since 1974, the state was pounded by a cyclone every two years from the 1940s to the 1970s, many leading to record flood levels and deaths.

What's concerning is the Pacific pattern behind the abundance of cyclones last century has now returned.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

If they did in the past, and it's a natural and regular occurence, then what's the problem? We build in the area where it happens, then it happens.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

But don't have to return now, do they? We already have enough issues without them here

this post was submitted on 05 Mar 2025
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