[Picture]Authorities evacuate 40,000 people from the coast - is expected to reach a similar force of Hurricane Katrina.
Thousands of residents have fled their homes and are gathered in northeastern Australia shelters to await the arrival of a cyclone with a front of 650 kilometres wide and wind up to 280 kilometres per hour. Should receive land in the coast of Queensland at 10 am. Its strength is comparable to Hurricane Katrina, which devastated expected in New Orleans in 2005.
"We are faced with a storm of catastrophic proportions," said Anna Bligh, President of the State of Queensland, where Cyclone Yasy was elevated to a category 5 storm. Australian weather service guarantees that it will be the strongest hurricane ever hit the country. "This cyclone is going to be terrible and potentially very, very dangerous", added Bligh. The greatest threat might originate from tides along the coast as a result of the blow from the sea when the tide is high.
Mines, railways and ports of coal already closed, then officials warn that the storm could venture inside hundreds of kilometres, reaching rural and mining who continue to fight to recover after months of devastating floods.
Tuesday, the soldiers were evacuated close to 40,000 people in low-lying coastal areas. Hope the winds expected aumentenunos 5 metres water level. Airport Cairns, people the tail of the morning to catch the last flight before the terminal was closed.
Cyclone reaches Yasy Australia just a few weeks after the worst flooding in the history of the country and became an unprecedented disaster. Economic damage amounted to more than 3.8 billion euros. In total, the last January flooding more than 200,000 people.
created by Higinio Benitez 19: 06 01-feb-2011
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