By staff reporters, with AAP and ReutersFebruary 3, 2011 – 3:08AM The north Queensland town of Tully is a scene of mass devastation with roofs torn from houses and power poles knocked over by the powerful category 5 Cyclone Yasi. Yasi crossed the North Queensland coast near Mission Beach, north of Tully, at midnight (AEST), […]
10.16pm There’s been record wave height – 9.5m – this afternoon off Townsville. “This is the highest that has ever been recorded since measurements began in 1975,” Premier Anna Bligh said. Similarly in Cardwell we are planning for a storm surge of over 7m over the high tide mark, Lucinda Beach 4m and at Cairns […]
Tropical cyclone forecast track map: Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi, 11:59 pm AEST, Wednesday 2 February 2011. BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY Tropical Cyclone forecast track map: Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi Technorati Tags: Australia,flood,hurricane,global warming,climate change
Tropical cyclone forecast track map: Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi, 2:01 pm AEST, Wednesday 2 February 2011. BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY Tropical Cyclone forecast track map: Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi Technorati Tags: Australia,flood,hurricane,global warming,climate change
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 […]
