El ciclón Yasi en Australia
A man wheels bedding into an emergency cyclone shelter at a shopping mall in the northern Australian city of Cairns February 2, 2011. Catagory five Cyclone Yasi, expected to be the most powerful storm to cross Australia's heavily populated east coast in generations, is expected to make landfall late on Wednesday night. Thousands of residents fled their homes and crammed into shelters in northeastern Australia as the cyclone with a 650 km (400 mile) wide front barreled toward the coastline on Wednesday. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT IMAGES OF THE DAY)
Passengers line up for the last flight out of the northern Australian city of Cairns, before the airport closes due to Cyclone Yasi, February 2, 2011. Category five Cyclone Yasi, expected to be the most powerful storm to cross Australia's heavily populated east coast in generations, is expected to make landfall late on Wednesday night. Thousands of people fled their homes and crammed into shelters in northeastern Australia on Wednesday as the cyclone with a 650 km (400 mile) wide front barreled toward a string of popular tourist cities lining the coast. REUTERS/Tim Wimborne (AUSTRALIA - Tags: DISASTER ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT)
AAP888. CAIRNS (AUSTRALIA), 01/02/2011.- Personas evacuadas descansan en el Complejo Deportivo Wooree en Cairns, al noreste de Australia, este 2 de febrero de 2011, mientras se aproxima la llegada del ciclón tropical Yasi. El ciclón, que ahora se encuentra en la categoría cinco de tormentas, la de mayor fuerza, con vientos de más de 250 kilómetros por hora ha aumentado su velocidad y esta a punto de tocar tierra en la noche de este miércoles entre Cairns y Innisfail, trayendo consigo vientos devastadores de 200 kilómetros por hora en su zona de influencia. EFE/COLYN HUBERT/PROHIBIDO SU USO EN AUSTRALIA Y NUEVA ZELANDA