Severe Wind Hazard Assessment for Queensland – Project Factsheet

Created 17/10/2025

Updated 17/10/2025

The Severe Wind Hazard Assessment for Queensland - SWHA(Q), is a collaborative project between Geoscience Australia (GA) and Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) which aims to provide realistic and tangible information on the potential physical impacts of tropical cyclones on Queensland communities. This is intended to enable the emergency management sector and Local Governments to more effectively engage with the community on the current and future risks posed by cyclones and inform long term strategic risk management strategies.

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Title Severe Wind Hazard Assessment for Queensland – Project Factsheet
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/838ca1cc-3692-418c-bf96-956811da9873
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 08/04/2019
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Geoscience Australia

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Severe Wind Hazard Assessment for Queensland – Project Factsheet". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/severe-wind-hazard-assessment-for-queensland-project-factsheet