Northern Queensland Australia is expectiong Cat 5 Tropical Cyclone Yasi to cross the coast between Cairns and Townsville about 10.00pm tonight AEST.
They are predicting winds of 289+kph and rainfall of 700+mm. This area was hit 2 or3 years ago by a Cat 4 cyclone which reeked havoc in the area. The weather bureau has just lost it's main weather station for the area that was on an island east off the Australian mainland and cannot accurately provide up to date data regarding the path and severity of the cyclone

As many of you will know, central and southern Queensland were hit by floods several weeks ago.

Our northern state is having one bad start to the year