Seven tropical cyclones occurred in the Australian region during the 1986-87 season. Three of these cyclones were classified as severe (mean 10-minute wind speed of 120 km/h or more) and five of them crossed the coast. Sixteen deaths were attributed to one of the cyclones when two fishing vessels sank. Only light to moderate structural damage and stock losses were reported with the cyclones which crossed the coast. The second highest recorded wind gust in Australia, 222 km/h, occurred during tropical cyclone Elsie. The estimated lowest pressure in a cyclone this season was 940 hPa, also in tropical cyclone Elsie.
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