Cyclone Ilsa just broke an Australian wind speed record. An expert explains why the science behind this is so complex
- Written by: Thomas Mortlock, Adjunct Fellow, UNSW Sydney
An anemometer.Wattanasit Chunopas/ShutterstockTropical cyclone Ilsa has been downgraded to a category-three cyclone as it moves southeast through Western Australia. The storm first made landfall as a category-five cyclone, passing near Port Hedland around midnight.
Ilsa smashed into the largely uninhabited Pilbara region (the country’s most cy...