Cyclone Yasi crossed the coast of North Queensland near the resort town of Mission Beach, arriving around midnight local time on Wednesday, Feb. 2, according to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).
Yasi was a full-blown category 5 storm with a large destructive core around the eye as it struck with highly destructive wind gusts up to 290 kilometers per hour (180 mph). The system was accompanied by flooding rain and two dangerous storm surges coinciding with high tides.
BOM recorded
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