Archives for February 2011
YASI: Downgraded to Cat 4, brings devastation
Cyclone Yasi has been downgraded to category 4 after it moved onshore crossing the coast in Northeast Queensland this morning….
89,000 without power, 6 people trapped, “This is only the beginning”
Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi is nearing landfall and Queensland Preimier Anna Bligh has told Queenslanders that “this is only the beginning”…
Record breaking wave near Townsville dramatically eclipsed
#YASI — BREAKING NEWS — Queensland Premier Anna Bligh says a wave has tonight broken the record books again – just…
What will conditions be like where the Eye makes landfall?
WeatherWatch.co.nz reader “Nicola” asked this question tonight. “Watching Sky News and reading your updates, there’s often talk about the storm…
Intense Cyclone Yasi nearing landfall (+Maps & Links)
#YASI — Intense Tropical Cyclone Yasi is nearing landfall with severe gales now blasting the Queensland coastline along with huge seas…
Catastrophic cyclone just hours from landfall (+Maps)
#Yasi — “If people on the coastline haven’t heeded calls to evacuate to a safe place they may well not survive…
#YASI – Streaming Webcam: Watch Cyclone Yasi LIVE here
WeatherWatch.co.nz has found a few webcams to watch live. The webcams may not all continue due to powercuts expected in…
Updated Animation: Monster cyclone roars towards Queensland
This updated timelapse uses false colour infrared imagery from JMA’s MTSAT geostationary satellite & radar data from the Australia BoM…
Yasi nears landfall, gusts over 200kph recorded
Winds continue to build in coastal parts of North east Queensland with some online weather stations losing their anenometers as…
#YASI: Waves the height of street lights coming
“The scenes following this cyclone will be horrific” Waves 12 metres high, roughly the height of street lights, and a storm…
