Mrs Ey recalled the eerie quiet as the eye of the cyclone arrived and passed, followed by a second front as the other side arrived and wreaked havoc. According to some reports, the second front ...

"A lot of them were located on the coast, so as the eye of the cyclone came in, you not only had incredibly strong winds to contend with but also a massive storm surge," he says.

The central part of the tropical cyclone is known as the eye. The eye is usually 32-48 km across. It is an area of light wind speeds and no rain. It contains descending air. When tropical cyclones ...

This Living Black special will visit four of the communities with high Aboriginal populations which were hit by Cyclone Marcia in February, where the damage bill is around 100 million dollars.