2.7 Questions- Destruction by Tropical Cyclone Larry

1. On the 20^th of March, the eye of Cyclone Larry crossed the coast near Innisfail between 6:20am and 7:20am.

2. They experienced the greatest damage because it caused major flooding and left many communities isolated for several days.

3. Public infrastructure are things such as roads, rail and air transport that the public uses. The damage was brought on the infrastructure made if very difficult to transport nessessities such as food, water and shelter to the effected areas.

4. The total damage bill as AU $350 million.

5. Cyclone Larry destroyed 85% of the banana crops in North Queensland. It left thousands of people without employment and $298.4 million were lost from the destruction of the crops.

6. The Emergency Management Australia and State Emergency Service both help to produce information brochures on natural hazards and run community workshops to ensure that people are well prepared.

7. Emergency Management Australia, State Emergency Service, Australian Defence Force, charities and government departments.

8. They helped the coordination of the recovery effort and helped provide large quantities of resources needed to remove danger and repair damage.

9. Major General Peter Cosgrove. He would need to have good leadership qualities and be able to organise large groups of people to help with the recovery effort. He would need patience as the recovery would take time.

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11. It would interrupt the supply of bananas for weeks and maybe months as so much of the crop was lost and many factories exporting the bananas would be impossible to get to with the flooding.

12. a) 800km

b) 66.6 km/h

c) It was downgraded to a tropical low at 1am on March 20^th. This is because the wind had lost its momentum that it gained over the sea.

d) It travelled around 1000km inland before it receded.