Cyclone Yasi "applies with full force on Australian coast

The giant cyclone "Yasi" the Australian northeast coast Wednesday afternoon (GMT) apparently hit with full force.

The giant cyclone "Yasi" the Australian northeast coast Wednesday afternoon (GMT) apparently hit with full force. Hurricane-force winds with peak gusts of 300 kilometers of uprooted trees and tore around power poles.

Meter-high waves crashing onto the beaches. In many parts of the coastal area Wednesday was the late evening (local time) from the stream.

The storm reached two hours later than predicted the North East of Australia. He met, according to the weather bureau on Wednesday just before midnight (local time) near the popular tourist village of Mission Beach on the coast of the Australian state of Queensland. "Yasi"Has the highest storm force five, and thus as powerful as Hurricane Katrina in the southern United States more than five years.

Tens of thousands of people waited out on Wednesday in the affected areas or temporary shelters were barricaded in their homes. "It is the worst storm in living memory," said the Mayor of Cairns and Val Schier. The town lies on the path of the monster-invasion Storm.

"Yasi"Has a diameter of 400 kilometers. He is, according to weather researchers, one of the strongest ever recorded tropical cyclones." We see a storm exposed to catastrophic proportions, and in a densely populated area, "said the Prime Minister of the Australian province of Queensland , Anna Bligh. "It is very, very scary." The area is home to around 300,000 people.

 

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