The cyclone was rated category 3 on Tuesday. SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Cyclone Yasi has been upgraded to a severe category 5 cyclone as it nears the North Queensland coast of Australia, the Bureau ...

Cyclone Yasi, a category 5 monster that flattened north Queensland in 2011, caused $800 million in property damage alone, while Cyclone Alfred in 2025 threatened southeast Queensland. So what is a ...

Yasi is expected to be Queensland's worst cyclone, covering something approaching twice the physical size of Cyclone Larry, which devastated Innisfail in 2006 and left a $1.5 billion damage bill.

The most notorious category 5 cyclone to hit Queensland in recent times was Cyclone Yasi in 2011, which crossed the coast near Innisfail in far north Queensland. Angry eye: VIIRS infrared imagery ...

Reports say Yasi’s storm track is similar to that of Tropical Cyclone Larry, a Category 4 storm that left nearly $1.5 billion worth of damage in its wake. Larry’s heaviest rains dumped 500 mm ...

Cyclone Yasi was rated Catagory 3 yesterday, with an expectation of reaching category 4. Today it was upgraded to 'low range' Category 5 with an expectation of being high range Cat 5 by landfall ...

The damage from Darwin's Cyclone Tracy in 1974 was estimated to be $200 million. That was only a Category Four storm ... A powerful La Nina fuelled Cyclone Yasi which devastated north Queensland.

Some are severe, as we saw with Category 5 Cyclone Zelia last month ... while faster-moving cyclones such as Severe Cyclone Yasi follow a stronger steering pattern and more predictable paths.