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Queensland survives Cyclone Yasi
One of the world’s most powerful cyclones spared Australia’s northeast coast from expected devastation on Thursday
Seen is a car that was put on its side by a falling tree after it was blown over by winds from Cyclone Yasi on February 3, 2011 in Townsville, Australia. So far no deaths or serious injuriees have been reported following Cyclone Yasi which struck land as a category five storm around midnight yesterday. The Queensland towns of Innisvail, Mission Beach, Tully and Cardwell where hit hardest by Yasi with authorities waiting for safer conditions to assess the full extent of the damage. Yasi has been downgraded to a category two storm as it passes inland. (Getty Images)
A local resident walks through the main street of Tully on February 3, 2011 in Tully, Australia. So far no deaths or serious injuriees have been reported following Cyclone Yasi which struck land as a category five storm around midnight yesterday. The Queensland towns of Innisvail, Mission Beach, Tully and Cardwell where hit hardest by Yasi with authorities waiting for safer conditions to assess the full extent of the damage. Yasi has been downgraded to a category two storm as it passes inland. (Getty Images)
This overview shows boats previously moored in the Hinchenbrook Marina lying smashed after catastrophic winds and storm surge caused by Cyclone Yasi in Cardwell on February 3, 2011. Australia’s biggest cyclone in a century shattered entire towns after striking the coast and churning across the vast country, but officials expressed relief that no one was killed. Terrified residents emerged to check the damage after Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi hit land at around midnight, packing winds of up to 290 kilometres (180 miles) per hour, in a region still reeling from record floods. (AFP/Getty Images)
A banana plantation lies devastated after Cyclone Yasi tore through Tully on February 3, 2011. Australia’s worst cyclone in a century devastated towns and left 175,000 people without power, but miraculously no deaths were reported as police scoured worst-hit areas. (AFP/Getty Images)
This aerial view shows buildings and vegetation damaged after Cyclone Yasi hit the Queensland coastal area of Mission Beach on February 3, 2011. Australia’s biggest cyclone in a century shattered entire towns after striking the coast and churning across the vast country, but officials expressed relief that no one was killed. Terrified residents emerged to check the damage after Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi hit land at around midnight, packing winds of up to 290 kilometres (180 miles) per hour, in a region still reeling from record floods. (AFP/Getty Images)
Strong winds are seen hitting a section of the ‘Strand’ on February 3, 2011 in Townsville, Australia. So far no deaths or serious injuriees have been reported following Cyclone Yasi which struck land as a category five storm around midnight yesterday. The Queensland towns of Innisvail, Mission Beach, Tully and Cardwell where hit hardest by Yasi with authorities waiting for safer conditions to assess the full extent of the damage. Yasi has been downgraded to a category two storm as it passes inland. (Getty Images)
A truck drives down the flooded Bruce Highway after Cyclone Yasi tore through Tully on February 3, 2011. Australia’s worst cyclone in a century devastated towns and left 175,000 people without power, but miraculously no deaths were reported as police scoured worst-hit areas. (AFP/Getty Images)
As night falls, threatening clouds add to the gloom as strong winds batter a deserted Esplanade evacuated ahead of a huge tidal storm surge predicted to accompany Cyclone Yasi in Cairns on February 2 (Getty Images)
The storm has strengthened to Category 5 with winds close to 300km/hr and is expected to be the worst cyclone in Australia’s living memory (Getty Images)
Hundreds of frightened residents take refuge in the evacuation centre in the old Town Hall (Getty Images)
Guests play cards as high winds and rain prevent them from leaving their hotel as Cyclone Yasi shuts down Cairns (Getty Images)
Concerned Japanese tourists study the projected path of Cyclone Yasi in Cairns (Getty Images)
A child displays her wrist band with ID issued to all displaced residents at an emergency evacuation centre (Getty Images)
A child brings her dog to an emergency evacuation centre (Getty Images)
Children relax in the emergency evacuation centre at Earlville Shopping Centre as low lying areas of the city are evacuated (Getty Images)
A local walks past windows taped up to mitigate the effects of Cyclone Yasi (Getty Images)
State Emergency Service volunteers wait to help load patients onto Royal Australian Air Force C-17 and C-130 aircraft for evacuation to Brisbane ahead of Cyclone Yasi at Cairns Airport (Getty Images)
