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Cyclone Yasi will fill the papers tomorrow.
Level 5 the highest cyclone rating, winds expected at 330 km/h or higher hit the northern coast of Queensland about 1/2 hour ago.
Near mission beach where my grandparents would spend their winters getting away from the Melbourne cold.
A beautiful place which will look a lot different when the sun comes up.
Townsville is without power at the moment and they are talking of 7.5 m to 9m storm surges coming in the from the ocean.
The picture will give you an idea on how big a cyclone we are looking at here.
Good luck folks, not what Queensland needed.
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Here a colour image of the beast.
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/sohemi/sohemiloops/shirgmscol.html -
Truly terrifying.
Thanks for the links Michael.
Thoughts to everyone in danger & hope everyone regains some sort of normality afterwards.
Kind regards,
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Seems no reported deaths yet, which is very positive. In fact a baby was born in a emergency cyclone center so population went up.
some Aerial photos of damage
Heres a report from Mission beach where it hit. http://www.theage.com.au/environment/weather/mission-beach-battered-it-was-like-a-train-all-around-us-20110203-1ae46.html -
Heres the Wikipedia link
Cyclone Yasi
Category 5 South Pacific and Australian region cyclone in 2011Not to be confused with Cyclone Yaas or Cyclone Yasa.For other storms of the same name, see Cyclone Yasi (disambiguation).Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi (/ˈjɑːsiː/) was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone that made landfall in northern Queensland, Australia in early 2011, causing major damage to the affected areas. Originating as a tropical low near Fiji on 26 January, the system intensified to tropical cyclone status during the evening of 30 January. Yasi deepened rapidly over the next 24 hours, and was classified as a Category 3 cyclone at about 5 PM AEST (07:00 UTC) on 31 January 2011.[1] Late on 1 February, the cyclone strengthened to a Category 4 system; then, early on 2 February, the cyclone intensified into a Category 5 Severe Tropical Cyclone.[2] The system had a well-defined eye and continued to track west-southwestward, maintaining a central pressure of 930 hPa (27 inHg) and a Dvorak intensity of T6.5 into the evening.[3][4]
At about 12:00 AM AEST (14:00 UTC) on 3 February, Yasi crossed the Australian coastline as a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone near Mission Beach,[5] with estimated maximum 3-second gusts of 285 km/h spanning an area from Ingham to Cairns.[6] A record low pressure of 929 hPa (27.43 inHg) was measured as the eye passed over Tully.[5] Due to the size of the system and its strong core, Yasi maintained cyclonic intensity farther inland than normal, finally dissipating into a tropical low near Mount Isa, at 10 PM on 3 February 2011, 22 hours after the storm first crossed the coast. The storm caused an estimated AU$3.5 billion (US$3.6 billion) in damage, making it the costliest tropical cyclone to hit Australia on record (not accounting for inflation; otherwise, Cyclone Tracy was costlier). Yasi was also indirectly responsible for the death of a 23-year-old man, who died from suffocation by generator exhaust fumes.[7][8]
Tropical Cyclone Yasi was the biggest storm in Queensland's history, with more than 10,000 people moved from their homes. The storm passed between the two big cities of Cairns and Townsville which only suffered minor damage. Early estimates of damage put the cost at about AU$100 million. It did not cause as much damage as government expected, as it missed major cities. It did however destroy 30% of the houses in Tully. At least 75% of the banana crop was destroyed, and damage to the sugar cane farms was expected to cost about AU$500 million. Damage to power lines left 150,000 homes without electricity.
- ^ "Qld prepares for 'most savage' cyclone". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Australian Associated Press. 31 January 2011. Archived from the original on 1 February 2011. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ "Tropical Cyclone Advice No. 9". Bureau of Meteorology. Australian Government. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 20 January 2010. Retrieved 1 February 2011.
- ^ "Tropical Cyclone Advice Number 21". Bureau of Meteorology. Australian Government. 2 February 2011. Archived from the original on 20 January 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ "Tropical Cyclone Technical Bulletin". Bureau of Meteorology. Australian Government. 2 February 2011. Archived from the original on 27 January 2019. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ a b "Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi". Bureau of Meteorology. Australian Government. February 2011. Archived from the original on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ "TROPICAL CYCLONE Threat Map". Bureau of Meteorology. Australian Government. 2 February 2011. Archived from the original on 2 December 2018. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
- ^ "Cyclone Yasi to cost insurers A$3.5 billion – forecaster". Reuters. 3 February 2011. Archived from the original on 8 March 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ "Man in cyclone zone suffocates". Sydney Morning Herald. 4 February 2011. Archived from the original on 7 February 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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Yasi bigger is size than Hurricane Katrina - clearly not the same damage to human life but a bigger storm.
Yasi a bigger storm than Katrina -
Hope the insurance is paid up.
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Hope that all colleagues are O.K.
Look on the bright side; devastating floods, homelessness, business crashing, cyclone Yasi, loss of the Ashes BUT you comprehensively won the one day series!
Pommie Bastard Bill -
Holy Sh!t.
Every now and then nature really does throw its weight around.
Best wishes to anyone whose house is not where they left it.
Fires last year, floods this year, then this. The land down under seems to be suffering a private apocalypse at the moment!