Cyclone Dinah

On January 30, a flood warning was raised on the same day on the areas surrounding the Brunswick, Tweed and Richmond rivers.[6] A spokesman for the Civil Defense Force on the NSW said that the regional defense forces on the state alerted the residents living on the coast for possible impacts.[6] The Civil Defence authorities in New South Wales were on Standby Alert starting on January 31, following Dinah.[6] Dinah is described as the strongest tropical cyclone to reach the southern coastal waters of Queensland, according to the regional director of Bureau of Meteorology Brisbane TCWC, A. Shields.[7][8] Winds up to 200 mph were reported by the meteorological stations in Sandy Cape.[7] A wind gust of 48 mph was recorded at Sydney.[9] Dinah also affected shipping operations.[9] The storm also left large swaths of Brisbane submerged on two-foot floodwaters.[7] A house was washed away on Cribb Island, while the Wintergarden Theatre in Bundaberg lost its roof due to strong winds.[7] A 50-foot yacht sustained damages while being docked in Heron Island due to giant waves caused by Dinah.[7] The heaviest rain accumulation from the cyclone was recorded at Bundaberg on January 29, at 292.1 mm.[7]

A wave caused by Cyclone Dinah caused an injury to Samuel Perry, a baker on the passenger ship Triaster. He suffered a fracture on his right arm and a dislocated shoulder. Adding on, the bakery and the galley of the ship were flooded due to the storm's large waves.[10] Two rescuers almost drowned as they attempted to save a man whose swimming on Coolangatta Beach on January 31.[11] The latter was further saved, according to reports.[11] Francis Chichester, a sailor was stranded from the high waves caused by Dinah.[12] He was heading from Sydney to the southernmost tip of New Zealand when he started to experience the brunt of the cyclone.[13] Chichester, however, survived the storm.[13] The town of Tocumwal suffered damages to trees, fields, and buildings.[14] The area was also without power, starting on January 29.[14] A part of the roofing at the Lady Maryborough Hospital, located in Maryborough, was downed and flown away by the strong winds caused by the storm, resulting in the patients being transferred to other hospitals.[7] The mayor of the Gold Coast in Queensland instructed their city council to prepare for emergencies following the cyclone.[7] At Heron Island, the large trees in the area were snapped by strong winds from Dinah.[7] A Brisbane spokesman said that the telephone lines in the area were downed, north and south of Maryborough.[7] In addition, buildings in Brisbane suffered roof damages.[15] Storm surges also inundated sugarcane crops in Sunshine Coast.[3]

The roadways in Grafton are submerged in floodwaters following Dinah.[16] One man is believed to be drowned due to the floods, according to authorities.[16] He is identified as 52-year old Allan James Gillard, which was feared drowned in his car at Ross Creek, 30 miles to the west of Buccarumbi.[16] Eighteen students of the Canberra Grammar School were rescued on January 30 after an accident when their rowing eights were inundated.[16] They were rescued by police nearby and the head of the said school.[16] 4 tourists of the were stranded due to Dinah, with 41 of them wanting to leave the area since that day, but are advised to stay due to the rough conditions caused by the storm.[17] The Japanese bulk coal carrier Yoho Maru and Dutch freighter Sigli experienced the impact of the cyclone, but they managed to escape.[17] The extratropical remnants of Dinah, while heading to Sydney, impacted a British liner while on the Tasman Sea.[18] Himalaya, en route from New Zealand to the capital of New South Wales, experienced the brunt of the former Cyclone Dinah.[18] 14 were injured, with two of them being badly affected.[18] The damages were described as severe, but the numerical amounts were unknown.[19] However, Dinah caused a beneficial rainfall to some crops in Fairymead, a locality in Queensland.[20]

The Meteorological Service of New Zealand forecasts that the extratropical remnants of Dinah will bring heavy rainfall and gale-force winds.[21]

The extratropical remnants of Dinah caused torrential rainfall and gale-force winds in the North Island of New Zealand.[22] A hailstorm was reported at Nelson, a city in the country; however, no deaths were reported.[22] A man was reported missing in Rotorua; he was presumed drowned. Flight operations were affected on February 2, while some areas in the North Island experienced power outages.[22] A bridge was swept away in Ahipara, while rockslides were reported in Helena Bay.[22] The town of Dargaville recorded a rain accumulation of 3.72 in (9.4 cm) on February 2, while Fairburn and Kaikohe reported 4.4 in (11 cm) of rain on the same day and February 3, respectively.[22] Kaitaia reported a rain amount of 5.2 in (13 cm) on the former date, while the metropolitan city of Auckland in the Northern Island recorded a rainfall total of 4.5 in (11 cm).[22] Some animals died in the floods at Waikato while levees at Huntly recorded damages.[22] The State Highways were flooded and reported significant damages throughout the island.[22] The Waioeka Gorge highway sustained serious damage, which cost an estimated $150,000 (1963 NZD) for repair.[22] A state of emergency was declared at the town of Whakatane on February 3, while 28 individuals in the area were evacuated.[22] In the region of Manawatu-Whanganui, gardens were destroyed by high winds and telephone lines were down.[22] The damages from the roads in the area were at £ 5,000.[22] Mangahoe station in the area recorded the highest rainfall amount in the country, standing at 321 mm (32.1 cm) on an unknown date.[22]