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Severe Tropical Cyclone Veronica

Category 4 severe tropical cyclone (Aus scale)
Category 4 tropical cyclone (SSHWS)
Veronica near peak intensity on 20 March
Formed	18 March 2019
Dissipated	Currently active
Highest winds	10-minute sustained: 195 km/h (120 mph) 1-minute sustained: 230 km/h (145 mph) Gusts: 270 km/h (165 mph)
Lowest pressure	938 hPa (mbar); 27.7 inHg
Fatalities	None
Damage	Unknown
Areas affected	Western Australia
Part of the 2018–19 Australian region cyclone season

Meteorological history

Map plotting the storm's track and intensity, according to the Saffir–Simpson scale

Map key

Saffir–Simpson scale

  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

Tropical cyclone

Subtropical cyclone

Extratropical cyclone, remnant low, tropical disturbance, or monsoon depression

External links

• 21S.VERONICA from the United States Naval Research Laboratory
• Australian Bureau of Meteorology