On Thursday, Feb 2, a major cyclone struck in the northern territory of Australia, creating a large disaster.
This cyclone is known as Cyclone Yasi and it roared in Cairns, Australia. A cyclone is a closed atmospheric circulation formed over an ocean or a sea. For example,the cyclones strength was "ripping roofs from buildings and cutting power to thousands of homes. Additionally, this even occurred a very bad time which was a few minutes after midnight. The tourists from the society were being battered by heavy rain and gusts of wind.
Link: Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/02/ferocious-cyclone-bears-northern-australia/#ixzz1CpGEGreC.
This is how a cyclone looks:
![What is a Cyclone?](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_u31V2F0G05jwHqlAmJCkX-oIDdyupP-OVE6s8pk32t6WwXGN9PplgB-QKrYgWI1NWww46Yyc7yZBbyXfaDEcODqa50qN2jRV44UoynOBUubX5Yf5dG=s0-d)
This is a picture of people packed in a shopping mall which was used as an evacuation shelter in Cairns,
Australia.
![Feb. 2: People pack a shopping mall used as a evacuation shelter in Cairns, Australia, as a monster cyclone approaches the northeast coast with furious winds, rains and surging seas on a scale unseen in generations.](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vFYyrtAT5PeENq7T6mwTDYRqMOAzOY1PzL4S7J9XjQzK7KPCkRBj9lF--52xb9O6IN1ZeEEzskxxPNzswTWQtk5UWKLpwMAeAg3X92SBEa3uXNfyx-qjaeY1S8E0Rw12ZneCxv-IEPrmGb1JW-ifuUA8A=s0-d)
Interestingly, even the guests from the Shang Ri La Hotel had to huddle in the ball room. This is shown below.
![Guests at a the Shangri-La hotel huddle in the ballroom in Cairns, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, as a monster cyclone approaches the northeast c](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sKVIS7T7B_fGAuhoKG9PIvUhT0G_MnzYsi0SFlDKywH1lxONhP6F9lHP1b9miM-iEOX5i5eQapWCwW-Xld1SHcUWWVGbVUctESlhs0G-b_Dsd-INNmXZJz8iXPW6zKDv08iPz2Ddo8EsbpQbzWVGaz5KMQcNGM8yNtGk_AIRrB19PwIU0ApKR6u62aIy_B58OoWsOcyrygXgNWgkz6c4aWYHKT6jlXXWMyfbr9pR0zl3x78TbCwqDA3cgDu-tw2v-_3Abl40JutIGe4W1eqoEtp9U71fsiNbY=s0-d)
For more information, go to http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110202/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_storm
This cyclone is known as Cyclone Yasi and it roared in Cairns, Australia. A cyclone is a closed atmospheric circulation formed over an ocean or a sea. For example,the cyclones strength was "ripping roofs from buildings and cutting power to thousands of homes. Additionally, this even occurred a very bad time which was a few minutes after midnight. The tourists from the society were being battered by heavy rain and gusts of wind.
Link: Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/02/ferocious-cyclone-bears-northern-australia/#ixzz1CpGEGreC.
This is how a cyclone looks:
This is a picture of people packed in a shopping mall which was used as an evacuation shelter in Cairns,
Australia.
Interestingly, even the guests from the Shang Ri La Hotel had to huddle in the ball room. This is shown below.
For more information, go to http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110202/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_storm
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