Portal:Tropical cyclones/Anniversaries/December/28

December 28

• 1997 - Cyclone Sid makes landfall over in the northern portion of the Northern Territory, just a day before weakening into a low-pressure area.
• 2002 - Cyclone Zoe (pictured) reached its peak intensity with a central pressure of 890 hPa (mbar), becoming the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the Southern Hemisphere.