Reuters: Australia evacuated thousands of people from its northeast coast on Tuesday as a cyclone rivaling Hurricane Katrina bore down on tourism towns and rural communities, with officials saying it could even threaten areas deep inland that were ruined by floods last month.
Mines, rail lines and coal ports were closed in Queensland state as Cyclone Yasi headed toward the coast. Up to a third of Australia's sugar crop was also under threat, officials said.
"This storm is huge and life threatening,"......
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Australia evacuates coastal cities in path of cyclone
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on February 1st, 2011
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