Severe Tropical Cyclone Narelle Strikes Queensland
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I was a journalist in Cairns at the time and was sent south to cover the preparations for Yasi before bunkering down for the aftermath. We had motels booked from Innisfail to Ingham. A photographer and I stayed in Cardwell for a night before deciding the storm surge posed too much of a threat and moved on.
Australians brace for ‘significant damage’ as tropical Cyclone Narelle makes landfall - Queensland premier warns cyclone could trigger flash flooding
Massive storm tracking a path to Queensland coast, which intensified offshore Thursday morning to category 5, fuelled by warm waters in Coral Sea
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Biggest cyclone 'in living memory' set to impact coast
Tropical Cyclone Narelle is barrelling toward northern Australia and could impact the coast as a category five system, inflicting winds up to more than 250km/h.
Cairns has endured cyclones since the city’s founding 150 years ago, very natural and commonly used. turning devastation into an art of rebuilding and shaping the city’s remarkable resilience.
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