Posted on 02/01/2011 3:52:41 PM PST by TonyfromOz
This Post has the latest UPDATE for this monster Cyclone. Tropical Cyclone Yasi has been upgraded to Severe Category 5 with winds at the centre in the vicinity of 200 MPH. This now places this storm on the same scale as for Hurricane Katrina.It will impact the Queensland Coastline near Cairns, a major city of 125,000 people, and in Townsville to the South, 60,000 people are being evacuated from there as well. It is expected to make landfall at around 10PM tonight, Wednesday Australian time, and because of its size, will saty as a major Cyclone for almost 2 days. There is also a huge sea surge associated with this, and that could be in the vicinity of 25 feet, and there is also 40 inches of rain expected to be associated with this monster storm.
This is a very big threat for folks here. The flooding was devastating, and now this.
Can you ping the list please? I haven't updated mine.
Thanks.
Any live feed tv stations we can watch?
40 inches of rain!? I can’t imagine....
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