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March 24
[edit]1911: The passenger ship SS Yongala sank in a cyclone south of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. All 122 passengers and crew were lost.
1994: Cyclone Nadia made landfall in Mozambique between Nacala and the Island of Mozambique. The storm directly killed more than 200 people, and also disrupted the local harvest causing starvation which would kill hundreds more.