Cyclone Ada was a small but intense tropical cyclone that severely
impacted the Whitsunday Region of Queensland, Australia, in January
1970. It formed over the far eastern Coral Sea early in the month,
remaining weak and disorganised for nearly two weeks before being named.
The extremely compact cyclone, with a reported gale radius of 55 km
(35 mi), intensified into a Category 3 severe tropical cyclone just
before striking the Whitsunday Islands on 17 January. Resorts on
Daydream, South Molle, Hayman and Long islands were obliterated. Based
on the severity of the damage, wind gusts were later estimated at
220 km/h (140 mph). Near the point of Ada's landfall, almost all the
homes in Cannonvale, Airlie Beach and Shute Harbour were destroyed.
Rainfall totals as high as 1.25 m (49 in) caused massive river
flooding in coastal waterways between Bowen and Mackay. Ada killed 14
people, including 11 at sea, and caused A$12 million in damage.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Ada>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1833:
With the arrival of two British naval ships at the Falkland
Islands, the United Kingdom re-asserted sovereignty there.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reassertion_of_British_sovereignty_over_the_Falkland_Islands_%281833%29>
1911:
A 7.7 Mw earthquake destroyed the city of Almaty in Russian
Turkestan.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1911_Kebin_earthquake>
1976:
The multilateral International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, part of the International Bill of Human Rights, came
into effect.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Economic,_Social_and_Cultural_Rights>
1990:
United States invasion of Panama: General Manuel Noriega, the
deposed strongman of Panama, surrendered to American forces.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Noriega>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
castle in the air:
(idiomatic) A desire, idea, or plan that is unlikely to ever be
realized; a visionary project or scheme; a daydream, an idle fancy, a
near impossibility.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/castle_in_the_air>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
How long will men dare to call anything expedient that is not
right? Can odium and infamy be of service to any empire, which ought to
be supported by glory and by the good-will of its allies?
--Cicero
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cicero>
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