Posted on 02/02/2011 3:39:16 PM PST by TonyfromOz
Tropical Cyclone Yasi came ashore at Mission Beach around midnight. As dawn breaks, people are just beginning to see those scenes of devastation, especially at Tully, and Cardwell, both close to Mission beach. It's still early days yet, and reports are only beginning to filter in. Cairns and Innisfail were spared the worst of it, but are still in danger from the storm surge on the morning high tide. Townsville to the South has been flooded with almost feet of rain. The Cyclone is now nearly 150 miles inland, and has been downgraded to a Category 2 System
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