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Cyclone start
Yasi developed in the tropical low northwest of Fiji and started tracking westward. -
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cyclone Yasi
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Yasi given name
Intencefied into a cyclone just north of Vanuatu. Named yasi at 10 pm by Fiji meteorogical service. -
Yasi intensified to catagory 2
Yasi intensified to catagory 2 traveling westward.
Became catagory 3 by 4pm. -
Yasi intensified to catagory 4
Yasi, upgrading to a catagory 4 cyclone, started to travel west-southwest towards the Queensland coast. -
Yasi intensified to catagory 5
Yasi intensified to catagory 5 with wind speeds up to 285 km/hr. -
landfall near Mission beach
landfall near Mission beach in Queensland between midnight and 1 am.
Still traveling west-southwest. -
weakening
reaching Mount Isa at 10 pm.
weakening to a tropical low.