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  Event Details  
  Event Title   Ayr, Qld: Cyclone (incl Storm Surge)   
  Event Category   Cyclone   
  GLIDE Number      
  Event Start Date   04/04/1989   
  Event End Date   04/05/1989   
 

Duration of Event

   1 day/s   
         
  Location  
  Zone   Queensland   
  Region   Ayr   
  Map   87   
         
  Human Casualties  
  People Killed   1   
  People Injured   15   
  People Affected   2,300   
  People Homeless   50   
  People Evacuated      
         
  Property Damaged   Damaged Destroyed  
  Home   50   10    
  Buildings   50      
         
  Financial Cost  
  Insured Cost  
$35,000,000.00 
    
  Loss Assessment Cost  
 
    
  Commercial/Industry Cost  
 
    
  Total Cost  
$35,000,000.00 
    
  Cost Source      
  Cost Type      
         
  Information Sources  
  Source/s   Printed Press - Courier Mail (Brisbane)
Government Agency - Bureau of Meteorology
Business or Professional Association - Insurance Council of Australia
Publication/Report - Macquarie Book of Events
Publication/Report - Australian Almanac 		  
  Description      
         
  Severity/ Impact      
  Impact Range      
         
  Details  
  The damaging effects of the cyclone included a 3m storm surge at Wunjunga on Upstart Bay (on 4/4/89), causing the destruction of holiday homes and one death when an elderly man drowned after his caravan was swept away near Wolonglo Beach, 50km south of Home Hill. With wind gusts around 180km/h, TC Aivu caused serious damage to over 50 houses and other buildings at Ayr, Home Hill and Clare and $M90 damage occurred to sugar cane crops alone (uninsured - 1989$). It was also followed by heavy flooding in the Pioneer and Proserpine Rivers as the cyclone degenerated into a low pressure rain depression.