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Cyclone Yasi: What happened five years ago

Kerstin Pilz
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Category five Cyclone Yasi crossed the far north Queensland coast near Mission Beach, between Cairns and Townsville, in the early hours of February 3, 2011, bringing peak wind gusts estimated at 285 km per hour. Kerstin Pilz, a Mission Beach resident, recalls that night.


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Category five Cyclone Yasi crossed the far north Queensland coast near Mission Beach, between Cairns and Townsville, in the early hours of February 3, 2011, bringing peak wind gusts estimated at 285 km per hour. Kerstin Pilz, a Mission Beach resident, recalls that night.



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