It has been 50 years since Cyclone Tracy blew threw Darwin on Christmas Day in 1974.

Sky News Journalist Matt Cunningham told Peter Fegan on 4BC Breakfast, ‘at the time it was the smallest cyclone that had ever been recorded, but it made a direct hit on Darwin and it packed such a mighty punch that it flatten the entire city.’

Hear more highlights from Peter Fegan below:

Image: CU in the NT/Facebook

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