Cyclone Yasi upgraded to Category 4 – Landfall at 10pm Wednesday evening

Barrett808

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Tue Feb-01-11 10:49 AM
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Cyclone Yasi upgraded to Category 4 – Landfall at 10pm Wednesday evening

Edited on Tue Feb-01-11 10:49 AM by Barrett808

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 to cross just south of Cairns, in the latest update from the Bureau of Meteorology.

Senior forecaster Rick Threlfall said while the area where the eye crosses is important, destructive winds will be felt up to 200km either side of it.

“Where exactly it crosses is slightly irrelevant,” he said.

“A large area either side is likely to see destructive or very destructive winds.” ...

Cyclone Yasi upgraded to Category 4 – Landfall at 10pm Wednesday evening

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eShirl

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Tue Feb-01-11 11:09 AM
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1. found an animated radar map of the cyclone

http://www.cairns.com.au/cyclone

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muriel_volestrangler

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Tue Feb-01-11 03:43 PM
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2. Now upgraded to Category 5

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/yasi-upgraded-to-category-5/story-e6frf7jx-1225998438895

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GliderGuider

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Tue Feb-01-11 03:46 PM
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3. Winds of 280 km/hr???? Holy shit.

This thing is a real killer. Australia can't buy a break this year.

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MountainLaurel

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Tue Feb-01-11 04:53 PM
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4. With gusts of 320 km/h

Thinking of everyone on the Queensland coast.

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XemaSab

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Tue Feb-01-11 06:42 PM
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5. Is this projected to hit the flood-damaged regions?

If not, is that a good thing or a bad thing?

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