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Tropical Cyclone Penny
Category 2 tropical cyclone (Aus scale)
cyclone (SSHWS)
Formed28 December 2018
Dissipated9 January 2019
(Remnant low after 2, 7, 8–9 January 2019)
Highest winds10-minute sustained: 95 km/h (60 mph)
1-minute sustained: 100 km/h (65 mph)
Gusts: 130 km/h (80 mph)
Lowest pressure987 hPa (mbar); 29.15 inHg
FatalitiesNone
DamageNot sure yet
Areas affectedQueensland
Papua New Guinea
Part of the 2018–19 Australian region cyclone season

Tropical Cyclone Penny was a relatively long-lived tropical cyclone that affected Queensland during December 2018 and January 2019.

Meteorological history

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Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale
Map key
  Tropical depression (≤38 mph, ≤62 km/h)
  Tropical storm (39–73 mph, 63–118 km/h)
  Category 1 (74–95 mph, 119–153 km/h)
  Category 2 (96–110 mph, 154–177 km/h)
  Category 3 (111–129 mph, 178–208 km/h)
  Category 4 (130–156 mph, 209–251 km/h)
  Category 5 (≥157 mph, ≥252 km/h)
  Unknown
Storm type
triangle Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

Preparations

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Impacts

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Aftermath

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