âDeck was covered in boatsâ: Yasiâs impact 10 years on Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi 2011. Port Hinchinbrook aerial view of luxury yachts and boats that bore the brunt of the destructive winds and storm surge.
Weather by Peter Carruthers
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Subscriber only TEN years on from one of the worst tropical storms to cross the Queensland coast, David Hutchen will never forget his front row seat to destruction as the outer eye of Cyclone Yasi thundered through Port Hinchinbrook. Leaving for higher ground just before the category five storm ripped the marina to ribbons, nothing could prepare the luxury waterfront homeowner for the scene of destruction that played out on his front deck.
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The legacy of Cyclone Yasi: Why Queensland s biggest storm left physical and psychological scars 10 years on
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The street along the foreshore of Tully Heads at the mouth of the Tully River was devastated by the storm surge whipped up by Cyclone Yasi.
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Ten years since wreaking havoc across the state s far north, Tropical Cyclone Yasi remains the biggest storm in Queensland s history.
The category five system spanned 650 kilometres and recorded gusts of up to 250 to 295 kilometres per hour when it crossed the coast at Mission Beach in the early hours of February 3, 2011.
MP scores cool $850k for home at centre of court drama An MP has finally flogged off her forever home which has caused her so much anguish over the years.
Politics by Steven Wardill
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Subscriber only Keppel MP Brit look at moi Lauga has finally flogged off her forever home which has caused her so much anguish over the years. There s rumours in Rockhampton that the buyer is none other than former mayor Margaret Strelow, who got cranky after a Crime and Corruption Commission finding against her and quit, but that s yet to be confirmed. Keppel MP Brittany Lauga