The Mother of all Tropical Cyclones!!

8:45 PM Tue 1 Feb 2011 GMT

'Tropical Cyclone Yasi expected to hit Queensland coast Wednesday night - Image NASA' NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visual Click Here to view large photo

Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi was upgraded to category five off north Queensland this morning as the weather bureau warned it was likely to be 'more life-threatening' than any storm seen in Australia in living memory. A Tropical Cyclone warning is current for island and coastal areas from Cape Melville and Sarina, extending inland to Croydon and Hughenden. 'We are facing a storm of catastrophic proportions in a highly populated area. You've heard all of the statistics and what it all adds up to is a very, very frightening time for people and their families' said Queensland Premier Anna Bligh 'There's ...

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by Bureau of Meteorology/Marine Business News