Tropical Cyclone Alby passed close to the southwest of WA and caused damage from wind and fire. It had very little rain and meant that unusually for a cyclone bushfire was a major problem.
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Geoff Boughton is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the Cyclone Testing Station at James Cook University. He has worked in a government department, the private sector, and universities during his 45-year career as a structural engineer. Together with many other dedicated researchers over several decades, Geoff has contributed to changing Codes and Standards to improve the performance of buildings when subjected to natural hazards including bushfire, wind and flood.
