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Queensland Agriculture Minister John McVeigh says, 'Immediate financial assistance for farmers affected by the cyclone is vital to getting them back on their feet quickly.' Many sugar cane farmers say that 90% of the crops were destroyed by the strong winds that reached up to 170 km/h.

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How much damage did Cyclone Ita do to its environmental surroundings?

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How much damage did Cyclone Ita do to its environmental surroundings?

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As well as destroying part of The Great Barrier Reef, Cyclone Ita also destroyed 90% of many farm crops, mainly sugar canes

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Tropical cyclones form with a mixture of very warm sea surface temperatures and the right type of outflow. It's like a tall chimney where all the energy comes from the bottom and gets pulled/blown up to the top. When a lot of energy gathers in one place it creates thunderstorms. In a right part of the ocean, this system can start circulating and can start releasing all the energy into the upper part of the atmosphere. The energy created from the thunderstorms can be added to the whole system and then a tropical cyclone will form.

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A Synoptic Chart of Cyclone Ita's path.

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How did Cyclone Ita affect the living things in The Great Barrier Reef?

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How did Cyclone Ita affect the living things in The Great Barrier Reef?

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Not only did Cyclone Ita kill many animals with its strong winds, it also destroyed many fragile corals in the reef. This led to fish not being able to have a shelter to protect themselves as the area the living underwater creatures may be destroyed to pieces.

Here are some images of before and after Cyclone Ita hit.

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Great Barrier Reef - Before and After images

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Cyclone Ita was formed on 11/04/2014. Cyclone Ita formed in the Coral Sea up near the . As Cyclone Ita moved inward towards the North of Queensland's Coast, it destroyed part of the Great Barrier Reef that was in its pathway.

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What affect did Cyclone Ita do to The Great Barrier Reef?

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What affect did Cyclone Ita do to The Great Barrier Reef?

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Cyclone Ita came at a wind speed of 170 km/h towards The Great Barrier Reef. While large parts of infrastructure inland were able to survive the storm, some areas of The Great Barrier Reef weren’t so strong. The winds destroyed the delicate parts of the reef. It caused many problems for the living things around it, like fish

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Websites:
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/cyclone-ita-strikes-the-coast-near-cooktown/news-story/cef87ed5dbcd7e5f769eadc637efb588 - Date Visited : 2/05/2017
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-11/live3a-cyclone-ita-makes-landfall-on-queensland-coast/5382592 - Date Visited : 2/05/2017
http://www.abc.net.au/news/emergency/2014-04-09/tropical-cyclone-ita-april-2014/5377166 - Date Visited : 3/05/2017
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/tropical-cyclone-ita-leaves-trail-of-destruction-along-far-north-queensland-coast-20140412-36joy.html - Date Visited : 3/05/2017
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26966769 - Date Visited : 3/05/2017
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-16/great-barrier-reef-damage-from-cyclones/5527218 - Date Visited : 3/05/2017
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2658987/The-storm-devastated-Great-Barrier-Reef-Before-images-reveal-Cyclone-Ita-carved-path-destruction-delicate-corals.html - Date Visited : 5/05/2017
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http://www.weatherzone.com.au/news/tropical-cyclone-ita-forms-in-the-coral-sea/35520 - Date Visited : 6/05/2017
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http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/queensland-cyclone-cyclone-debbie-latest-information/news-story/01ab5df6339a3657a73ca85d5af62506 - Date Visited : 9/05/2017

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This is a map of where Cyclone Ita was