At the time of writing this – cyclone Yasi, classified as a strong Category 5 system is about 5 hours (midnight local) away from landfall, crossing the north east coast of Queensland, Australia. Yasi is approaching the east coast at an approximate speed of 30km/h and most likely by accompanied by an ocean storm surge due to the fact that timing corresponds with high water tide.
This cyclone is significantly more intense than Larry, (a category 4) Larry left a trail of destruction including damage to 10,000 homes and a repair bill of more than a billion dollars in 2006.
Yasi is as big as the geographic size of Tasmania (see image above) and predicted to be probably more intense than anything experienced in Australia.
After the eye of Yasi passes, and the other side of the cyclone will hit, and the wind will blow with an equal strength but in the opposite direction.
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