Posted on 01/08/2005 5:13:47 PM PST by Red Sea Swimmer
Cyclone Kerry may move towards Australia.
Weather forecasters are keeping a close watch on a cyclone expected to move slowly towards Australia.
The category three Cyclone Kerry formed near Fiji on January 6 and has moved slowly westwards, weather forecaster Jeff Callaghan said.
"It's way, way out in the eastern part of our area and moving very slowly at the moment," Mr Callaghan told AAP.
"It will probably do that for another 24 hours then just slowly move towards the Queensland coast."
By mid-morning, Cyclone Kerry was in the Coral Sea about 1,200 km east-north-east of the north Queensland city of Mackay.
Wind gusts of 170 kph near the centre which had the destructive power to unroof houses, he said.
A high pressure ridge and the cyclone were expected to maintain strong winds over the Queensland coast for the next few days.
Prepare for a hurricane where the winds spin both clockwise and counterclockwise at the same time...
Avoid anything named Kerry.......
Well, given flip-flop (or weather-vane) nature of Kerry, it is highly probable that the said cyclone will dither which way to turn, will get nowhere, and finally will dissipate ingloriously. But still get prepared.
Well, let me ask do y'all not get cyclones/hurricanes much?
There is unfortunately now a Tropical Cyclone in the Bay of Bengal as well, forecast to move slowly over Sri Lanka.
Didn't his sister already go there?
Dang. I read it too fast. I thought it was the flip-flopper himself.
Didn't this cyclone hit Cambodia on Christmas and was in Vietnam?
Kerry? Must be a dummie.
Seriously, y'all take care.
Should windsurfing classes be suspended in the event of Cyclone Kerry making the mainland ?
Let him, Howard will kick him in the pants
Unlike the authorities in the tsunami devistated area, the Aussie authorities have at least allowed word of a natural disaster out to the public.
Is it coming with his wife and her gin soaked raisins?
LOL. I think so. Can't believe the Cyclone is named Kerry.!
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