Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Australian Devastation!

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?


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.




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


For more information, go to http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110202/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_storm









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