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On the 6 March 1956, Cyclone Agnes, the first Australian tropical cyclone tracked on radar, passed over North Queensland and then into the interior. The event caused damaged roofs on multiple properties.

Subsequent inland flooding caused four deaths.

The 1956 estimated damage cost was £2.5m in Cairns area and an estimated damage cost of £1million in Townsville area.