Cyclone Yasi happened due to a combination of warm ocean temperatures, low wind shear, and favorable atmospheric conditions in the region. These factors allowed the cyclone to form and intensify into a powerful storm.
People prepared for the Cyclone Yasi by leaving the country
Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi was given its Fijian name because it developed in Fijian waters. The cyclone started as a tropical low near Fiji, and when it was upgraded to a cyclone, it was given a Fijian name by the Fiji Meteorological Service.
The cyclone that hit Australia in early February 2011 was called Cyclone Yasi. It made landfall in Queensland as a powerful Category 5 storm, causing widespread damage to homes, infrastructure, and crops.
Cyclone Yasi formed in the waters just off Fiji.
Cyclone Yasi happened due to a combination of warm ocean temperatures, low wind shear, and favorable atmospheric conditions in the region. These factors allowed the cyclone to form and intensify into a powerful storm.
The most recent cyclone in Queensland (February 2011) was Cyclone Yasi.
The size of Cyclone Yasi is about 500km wide.
Cyclone Yasi is a severe tropical cyclone which was named in Fiji, and the name is Fijian for Sandalwood, which is a plant that grows in Fiji and flowers this time of year during the wet season.To answer the actual question,Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi was given its name in Fiji. The cyclone started as a tropical low near Fiji, and when it was upgraded to a cyclone, it was given a Fijian name by the Fiji Meteorological Service.
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Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi developed near Fiji.
The word 'Yasi', as in the tropical cyclone, Cyclone Yasi, which passed over Queensland, Australia on February 4-5, 2011, is a Fijiian name meaning 'sandalwood'.The name of the cyclone was chosen by a Fijiian meteorologist, since the cyclone originated near the Fijiian Islands.See the link, below, for more information on the naming of cyclones in general and of Yasi in particular.
People prepared for the Cyclone Yasi by leaving the country
Well Yasi hit where I live and it was bigger but not stronger. :) :)
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Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi was given its Fijian name because it developed in Fijian waters. The cyclone started as a tropical low near Fiji, and when it was upgraded to a cyclone, it was given a Fijian name by the Fiji Meteorological Service.
The cyclone that hit Australia in early February 2011 was called Cyclone Yasi. It made landfall in Queensland as a powerful Category 5 storm, causing widespread damage to homes, infrastructure, and crops.