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This timelapse uses false colour infrared imagery from JMA’s MTSAT geostationary satellite & radar data from the Australia BoM to track the path of the Tropical Cyclone Yasi as it forms and heads towards the Queensland Coast. It has passed directly over the Willis Island radar which allows the Eye to be clearly seen by […]
Staff reporters with AAPFebruary 2, 2011 Evacuation centres in Cairns are rapidly filling as residents are told it is too late to flee the city ahead of Cyclone Yasi’s arrival. With wind speeds of 295km/h recorded, storm surges of up to 7 metres have been predicted to hit Cardwell, between Townsville and Cairns, as the […]
By Rob Taylor and Ed Davies; editing by Dean YatesWed Feb 2, 2011 4:13am IST CAIRNS, Australia (Reuters) – Thousands of residents fled their homes and crammed into shelters in northeastern Australia as a cyclone described as the most powerful in the country’s history and with a 650 km (400 mile) wide front barreled toward […]
By Paul Colgan, Owen Vaughan, and Helen Davidson, news.com.auFebruary 02, 2011 9.10am Cairns Mayor Val Schier says the city could see Cyclone Tracy-like scenes when monster Cyclone Yasi hits, and anyone who decides to stay in homes in unsafe areas are on their own. “We look to what happened with Cyclone Tracy where people ended […]
Caption by Michon ScottFebruary 2, 2011 On February 1, 2011, Tropical Cyclone Yasi continued on its path toward Queensland, Australia. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image at 10:00 a.m. Queensland time (00:00 Universal Time) on February 1. The storm extends over the Solomon Islands and grazes Papua […]
VIDEO: Yasi upgraded to category five storm 6.03am The Bureau of Meteorology has upgraded Yasi to a Category 5 cyclone. The highest level of storm categorisation, this will bring winds above 280km/h and certain destruction, particularly within the warning areas from Port Douglas to Townsville. The Bureau warns the impact of the storm is “likely […]
MTSAT IR Colorized image of Cyclone Yasi prior to striking Queensland, Australia, 1 February 2011. MTSAT IR Colorized Loop Technorati Tags: Australia,hurricane,flood,global warming,climate change
Planktic foraminiferal data and temperature reconstructions of upper Atlantic Water in the eastern Fram Strait over the past ~2100 years from sediment core MSM5/5-712-1. Thin lines are raw data, bold lines are three-point running means. Black triangles on the age scale mark calibrated accelerator mass spectrometry 14C ages. (A) Fluxes of polar and subpolar planktic […]
31 Jan 2011 (South African Government News Service) – Roosters cluck, dogs dig through heaps of mud and garbage, music blasts from a distance, children’s cries and laughter can be heard from miles away and raw sewage trickles past the doorsteps of many dishevelled houses. This is the flood-hit Themba Khoza informal settlement, near Ivory […]
Reporting by Janelle Miles, Peter Michael, Sarah Vogler, Brian Williams, Michael Madigan and Lizzie Stafford, The Courier-MailFebruary 02, 2011 CYCLONE YASI has been upgraded to Category Four and is likely to cross the coast earlier than expected at 10pm Wednesday evening, according to the latest update from the Bureau of Meteorology. Cyclone Yasi is expected […]
