Giant cyclone delivers destruction to Australian coast
A Katrina-ferocity storm hit the northeast coast of Australia, the same area recently inundated by record floods. Like Katrina, Cyclone Yasi came ashore as a category 5 storm, with winds of 186mph. It is expected to head inland several hundred miles while slowly losing force over the the next 3 days. Much of Cairns, Queensland’s largest city, and Townsville, its capital, have been evacuated. Damage is extensive, but no deaths have been reported. GR
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Dear ClimateYou, Thank You very much for including coverage
and acknowledgement of Australia’s extreme weather events.
After more than a decade of drought in Victoria, it certainly
felt strange to hear rain again, experience heavy showers,
a wet week and a very cool summer. Two years ago bush-fires
devastated Melbourne outskirts, now hillside suburbs of Perth
have gone up like ‘tinderboxes’. Australian diasters are a good
example of how serious and various climate change effects can be. AT