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Cyclone Yasi
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Description: Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi was a very powerful & destructive, Category 5 tropical cyclone system. that made landfall in North Queensland, Australia on 3 February, 2011, causing severe damage to affected areas. Yasi originated from a tropical low near Fiji. According to Tropical Cyclone Advice Number 21, at 9pm AEST (11:00 UTC) the system was centred near 1724&8242;00&8243;S 14706&8242;00&8243;E, 110 kilometres east of Innisfail & moving west southwest at 25 km/h, with a central pressure of 930 mbar (27 inHg). The system had a well-defined eye & a dvorak intensity of T6.5. According to Tropical Cyclone Advice Number 24 at 11:54pm AEST (13:54 UTC), the large destructive core had commenced to cross the coast between Innisfail & Cardwell with a central pressure of 930 hectopascals & maximum 10-minute sustained winds of 215 km/h. Maximum 3-second gusts are estimated at 285 km/h, with these likely to affect an area spanning from Ingham to Cairns according to the Threat Map for a period of 3 - 4 hours. The eye crossed the coastline at Mission Beach just before 12:00am AEST (14:00 UTC) passed over Tully soon after. By the time Yasi crossed into Australian basin, preparations for the storm were under way. Media outlets referred to the storm as what could be the state's worst cyclone in history. Because of its great size, many feared that the tropical cyclone could cause damage more severe than Cyclone Larry in 2006 or Cyclone Tracy, which severely damaged Darwin in 1974. Thousands of residents in the path of the storm were urged to evacuate by Queensland Premier Anna Bligh. 30,000 people were evacuated from Cairns, including all patients from Cairns Base Hospital & Cairns Private Hospital who were airlifted by the Royal Australian Air Force & other agencies (such as the Royal Flying Doctor Service) to Brisbane.
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