Australia - Cyclone Ita - Queensland

marlywings · Apr 11, 2014

The north takes shelter for longest night

April 11, 2014 8:35PM

ROLLING COVERAGE: It's too late to run now. With high winds being felt in parts of the far north, residents have taken shelter against the looming onslaught of Cyclone Ita

THE Bureau of Meterology has revised Cyclone Itas path as residents in the states far north bunker down for a long night of extreme weather. Refresh this page for regular updates.

8.30pm: Wind gusts are now reaching 154km/h at Cape Flattery as Cyclone Ita bears down on the Queensland coast.

The Category 4 system is estimated to be 80km north northeast of Cooktown and 240 km north of Cairns, moving at around 11km/h.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...to-wipe-out-town/story-fnkt21jb-1226880411248

marlywings · Apr 11, 2014

This monster cyclone will be crossing the coast within next couple of hours.

My thoughts & prayers are with everyone in north Queensland tonight.

Take care & stay safe!!

Makara · Apr 11, 2014

Stay safe up there anyone who is in Ita's path.

marlywings · Apr 11, 2014

9.15pm: Cyclone Ita has hit far north Queensland’s coast with wind speeds of more than 200 kilometres an hour.

The category four cyclone’s eye crossed Cape Flattery, more than 300km north of Cairns, around 9pm and will gradully track southwards.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...to-wipe-out-town/story-fnkt21jb-1226880411248

sleepinoz · Apr 11, 2014

Cyclone Web Cam:

http://www.coastalwatch.com/surfing/12951/cyclone-ita-live-webcam-port-douglas

sleepinoz · Apr 11, 2014

Feed from Cyclone Chasers:

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/cyclone-chasing

Tssiemer · Apr 11, 2014

Is a cyclone a hurricane or a tornado? I'm confused.

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marlywings · Apr 11, 2014

A tornado occurs over land. Cyclones & hurricanes occur over water.

In northern hemisphere the storms are referred to as hurricanes or typhoons.
Southern hemisphere they're cyclones.

The only difference between the two is...if they are north of the equator they rotate clockwise. If they are south, they rotate counterclockwise

SouthAussie · Apr 11, 2014

sleepinoz said:
Cyclone Web Cam:

http://www.coastalwatch.com/surfing/12951/cyclone-ita-live-webcam-port-douglas

Wow .. that rain looks like it is horizontal!!

Scary stuff. :scared:

southsleuth · Apr 11, 2014

Please stay safe!

SouthAussie · Apr 11, 2014

The category four cyclone made landfall around 9pm with winds of up to 230 kilometres an hour at its core.

Gales stretched 185 kilometres from the centre ....

Residents have been warned that properties built before 1985 may not withstand the powerful winds.

"It's like the wind is roaring."

The power has been cut ......

"The sea is likely to rise steadily up to a level which will be significantly above the normal tide, with damaging waves, strong currents and flooding of low-lying areas extending some way inland," the bureau says.

http://www.news.com.au/national/bre...cyclone-supplies/story-e6frfku9-1226880558515

marlywings · Apr 11, 2014

I think some of them up there have dodged a massive bullet when it was downgraded to a Cat 4 just prior to landfall. Earlier tonight it was predicted to increase from the Cat 5 it had been for quite some time.

Still an absolute monster & the damage will be massive!! Hopefully no lives will be lost.

marlywings · Apr 11, 2014

Visual interpretation of Cyclone Ita....

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-210.76,-14.64,3000

marlywings · Apr 11, 2014

12.10am: Severe tropical cyclone Ita weakened slightly after crossing the far north Queensland coast but still has very destructive winds with gusts up to 205km/h near its centre.

Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) forecaster Andrew Busalino said high winds and heavy rain were still expected after the cyclone crossed the coast near Cape Flattery at about 9pm (AEST), with winds up to 230km/h.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...to-wipe-out-town/story-fnkt21jb-1226880411248

SouthAussie · Apr 11, 2014

marlywings said:
Visual interpretation of Cyclone Ita....

http://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-210.76,-14.64,3000

That would look pretty ... if it wasn't so scary!

SouthAussie · Apr 12, 2014

Tropical Cyclone Ita has torn roofs from houses and pubs, uprooted trees and left thousands without power.

Ita, which crossed the coast as a category 4 storm about 10pm near Cape Flattery, was a category 1 cyclone by Saturday afternoon.

Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Ken Kato said Ita would likely to be downgraded to a tropical low late Saturday.

As of 3pm, Ita had moved south to within 85 kilometres of Cairns, which was experiencing heavy rain and howling wind.

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/que...sland-coast-20140412-36joy.html#ixzz2yftDQydY

SouthAussie · Apr 12, 2014

QUEENSLANDERS from Cooktown to Proserpine will be swamped by floodwaters and torrential downpours as Cyclone Ita continues to menace the state’s north.

Several towns were cut off by floodwaters as the former Category 5 system dumped hundreds of millimetres of rain in its track towards the Whitsundays.

Cyclone Ita crossed the coast at Cape Flattery late Friday night, packing 230km/h winds. It damaged dozens of houses and a historic hotel in Cooktown.

But the feared super-storm did not eventuate as Ita had lost much of its intensity before it reached Cooktown.

http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/...rains-down-coast/story-fnkt21jb-1226880411248

marlywings · Apr 13, 2014

So hard to believe this monster storm is still going. Here's hoping she keeps going further out to sea & doesn't hook around back towards the coast. She's not going to give up that's for sure....

http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ65002.shtml

Tulessa · Apr 13, 2014

sleepinoz said:
Cyclone Web Cam:

http://www.coastalwatch.com/surfing/12951/cyclone-ita-live-webcam-port-douglas

Live stream is off air.

marlywings · Apr 13, 2014

It still works here Tulessa although the cyclone is long past the area where that cam is located. Not much to see on it anyway as it's dark...10.32pm Sunday.

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