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Northeast Australia survives cyclone's onslaught

World Feb. 03, 2011 - 01:25PM JST ( 12 )

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GJDailleultFeb. 03, 2011 - 09:18AM JST

Sounds like lots of damage, but people were able to stay safe. Best possible outcome.
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nandakandamandaFeb. 03, 2011 - 09:45AM JST

Nothing on the Japanese news, but I guess no-one can get their crews in there.

Glad there are no reports of injuries. Surely much thought will now go into developing seriously cyclone-proof housing.
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CynicarcFeb. 03, 2011 - 09:56AM JST

nandakanamanda, as far as seriously cyclone-proofing housing .. it would have been very difficult for that situation, if you're an american, 300kph is approximately 186mph, how many 'houses' in america withstand that? In Australia a Category 5 Cyclone is the strongest it gets .. and this one was bigger and stronger than most of those category 5s that we have had in the past. What suprises me is how many of the houses were not destroyed or severely damaged.
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mrsynikFeb. 03, 2011 - 12:02PM JST

The trunk of her car

Groan. It's called a boot in Australia.

Nothing on the Japanese news, but I guess no-one can get their crews in there.

What a surprise, probably not interested. They could always have used the ABC's footage with a voice-over/subtitles. I saw a piece by I think Fuji TV a few weeks ago running around Brisbane and interviewing local diaspora about their not collected garbage. Guess they were just a fly in-fly out crew.
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kawachiFeb. 03, 2011 - 12:57PM JST

@nandakandamanda: I saw it on the Fuji TV news this morning. They were interviewing a Japanese man who lives in Cairns.
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biculturalFeb. 03, 2011 - 01:39PM JST

Saw it on the Japanese news this morning too. They said that no casualties have been reported.
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pointofviewFeb. 03, 2011 - 01:43PM JST

It hit land as a 3 not as a 5. Nevertheless, Australia has taken a beating in the last few months. They`ll fight on with fortitude.
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DeetzFeb. 03, 2011 - 03:51PM JST

It hit land as a 3 not as a 5. Nevertheless, Australia has taken a beating in the last few months. They`ll fight on with fortitude.

Unfortunately, this is incorrect. It crossed the coast at 5. It was downgraded to 4 at roughly 3am, which is about 2 hours after the eye had passed over land.

Hopefully the clean-up is done quickly and those affected to go back to some normality. Best wishes to all of those who were in the path of Yasi.
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mrskitFeb. 03, 2011 - 05:38PM JST

it was a level 5, my sister lives there, and survived , thankfully a level 5 cyclone is the same as a level 5 hurricane , which means same as Katrina, the reason for lack of loss of life this time, is that fortunately not many people live there compared to where Katrina struck, also, the officials were able to give enough warning several days before the cyclone struck, this is very fortunate
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tclhFeb. 03, 2011 - 06:24PM JST

Very fortunate indeed,once a lucky country,always a lucky country, :-). But it is said that Queensland can face up to 6 storms this season ,Yasi was only a third.
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Taka313Feb. 04, 2011 - 01:22AM JST

I'm so happy to hear that no one was killed by this cyclone.

And a baby was born to boot. Beautiful.

Taka
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pointofviewFeb. 04, 2011 - 09:15AM JST

Really? Australian news said a 3 at landfall.