YASI TAIL BUFFETS VICTORIA
Posted by feww on February 5, 2011
More wild weather, storms, heavy rain and flash floods wreak havoc across Victoria
Victoria was buffeted by the tail of cyclone YASI, as it moved south, having first devastated the Queensland coast.
“Melbourne’s south-eastern suburbs were among the worst-affected, with Lyndhurst recording 181 millimetres of rain in the 30 hours to 3pm yesterday. Melbourne’s CBD copped 83 millimetres. A record rainfall of 174 millimetres in Mildura, in the state’s north-west, reportedly left vineyards waist-deep in water. There were ”hailstones as big as golf balls.”’ Source
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Australian Region Infrared Satellite Image
Victoria Rainfall Map
Source: BOM Aust.
The ‘Devil’ and its Tail
MEGA CYCLONE YASI QUEENSLANDING – MTSAT- Enhanced satellite image – NOAA
“Driving rain and winds of more than 130km/h battered much of the state on Friday night and Saturday morning, cutting power to more than 32,000 homes, crippling public transport and forcing the rescue of 90 people from flooded cars and homes.” Said a report.
At least 6,000 residents in towns Iona, Coralynn and Bayles and Koo Wee Rup have been ordered to evacuate their homes by 21:30 local time, the report added.
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