Cars are blocked by flood waters on the Bruce Highway south of Innisfail, Australia, after Cyclone Yasi. The surrounding banana plantation has been destroyed. AAP

Cars are blocked by flood waters on the Bruce Highway south of Innisfail, Australia, after Cyclone Yasi. The surrounding banana plantation has been destroyed. AAP

Cyclone Yasi – Overnight and aftermath Uprooted trees in Queensland, Australia, fter Cyclone Yasi. BBC

Uprooted trees in Queensland, Australia, after Cyclone Yasi. BBC

In pictures: Cyclone Yasi A pile-up of boats in Hinchinbrook Marina after Cyclone Yasi. Paul Crock / AFP

A pile-up of boats in Hinchinbrook Marina after Cyclone Yasi. Paul Crock / AFP

Cyclone Yasi strikes Tropical Cyclone Yasi over Australia. NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

Tropical Cyclone Yasi over Australia. NASA/GSFC/Jeff Schmaltz/MODIS Land Rapid Response Team

Giant Cyclone Yasi over Australia A man prepares to cross a flooded road, under downed power lines after Cyclone Yasi passed, in the northern Australian town of Cowley Beach. Reuters

A man prepares to cross a flooded road, under downed power lines after Cyclone Yasi passed, in the northern Australian town of Cowley Beach. Reuters

Cyclone Yasi photos: Wind, destruction Cardwell's foreshore, showing part of the Bruce Highway washed into the ocean and damage to buildings, after Cyclone Yasi passed through on February 3, 2011. Paul Crock / AFP

Cardwell’s foreshore, showing part of the Bruce Highway washed into the ocean and damage to buildings, after Cyclone Yasi passed through on February 3, 2011. Paul Crock / AFP

Cyclone Yasi in photos  Cowley Beach's resident Michael Geyer, 70, looks through his destroyed banana crop, previously destroyed in Cyclone Larry, now destroyed by Cyclone Yasi. Photographer: Lyndon Mechielsen © 2011 The Cairns Post PTY LTD.

Cowley Beach’s resident Michael Geyer, 70, looks through his destroyed banana crop, previously destroyed in Cyclone Larry, now destroyed by Cyclone Yasi. Photographer: Lyndon Mechielsen © 2011 The Cairns Post PTY LTD.

Yasi’s disaster zones