Reporting by Tobi Loftus
Data from Cyclone Kirrily will be used to help us build homes that can better withstand the weather.
Anemometers — which monitor wind — have been set up at six sites around Townsville by researchers from James Cook University’s Cyclone Testing Station.
It’s the second cyclone this season for the team, who say they haven’t been this busy since Cyclone Debbie in 2017.
“We’re looking at understanding what the wind load is doing in and around our houses, so we can design better houses, sheds and buildings to resist these wind forces,” chief engineer David Henderson says.
“We want to try and learn about the gustiness, the turbulent nature, all those impacts that are on our houses.”
Source: abc.net.au
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