QLD:Evacuations start ahead of Yasi

AAP General News (Australia)
02-01-2011
QLD:Evacuations start ahead of Yasi

Cairns residents in low-lying areas are the latest to be told to leave their homes
.. as Cyclone Yasi bears down on the north Queensland coast.

Mayor VAL SCHIER says they need to move today .. well before the first gales and strong
winds hit tomorrow morning.

He says Yasi is intensifying and looks likely to be bigger than Larry .. which devastated
Innisfail and surrounding communities in 2006.

AAP RTV peb/tnf/jmt

KEYWORD: YASI CAIRNS (BRISBANE)

� 2011 AAP Information Services Pty Limited (AAP) or its Licensors.