QLD Tropical Cyclone Warning: Cape Melville to Sarina & Inland |  | Source: Bureau of Meteorology
Issued at 4:53pm EST on Tuesday the 1st of February 2011
A Cyclone WARNING is current for coastal areas from Cape Melville to Sarina
extending inland to Georgetown and west of Charters Towers.
A Cyclone WATCH is current for coastal areas from Lockhart River to Cape
Melville and for the northern tropical interior.
The Cyclone WATCH from Sarina to Yeppoon has been cancelled.
At 4:00 pm EST Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi, Category 3 was estimated to be
1020 kilometres east northeast of Cairns and 1020 kilometres east northeast of
Townsville moving west southwest at 34 kilometres per hour.
YASI IS A LARGE AND POWERFUL TROPICAL CYCLONE AND POSES A SERIOUS THREAT TO
NORTH QUEENSLAND COMMUNITIES
The Cyclone is expected to slowly intensify overnight and continue moving in a
west-southwesterly direction.
DAMAGING winds with gusts to 90 km/hr are expected to develop on the islands
during Wednesday morning, then extend onto the coast during the day, and
further inland across the northern tropical interior overnight.
Tropical cyclone warning details and tracking map is available here.
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