Cyclone Larry as seen via Earthbrowser

    Cyclone Larry was upgraded to a category 5 storm as it hit the North Queenland coast, making it the most powerful cyclone to hit Australia in 30 years. Then, for the first time in recorded history, the cylone continued inland, although degraded to category 3 cylone.

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    1. professional housewife (76 months ago | reply)

      yes, was that where you live dave??

    2. Felix42 contra la censura (76 months ago | reply)

      Terrible storm for us here in Queensland. A dramatic shot.

    3. jennyboduk (76 months ago | reply)

      It was quite something to see and live through I never want to play that game again!

    4. davesag (75 months ago | reply)

      fenna: i used to live in brisbane which is well south of the action.
      felix and jenny: i anticipate many more such storms of increasing severity. I encourage you to dramatically scale down your energy use, walk or cycle rather than drive, and buy carbon credits to offset your personal CO2 emissions. We people have to act fast - by some estimates we have less than 10 years to avert global catastrophe. see Carbon Planet for how to offset your own CO2 emssions.

    5. professional housewife (75 months ago | reply)

      I'm worried about my son, I am going to get out of amsterdam soon. The water is high here, higher than ever before

    6. sillydog (75 months ago | reply)

      this'd be a good one for the Climate Change group.

    7. Mickipedia (73 months ago | reply)

      Please also add it to the "An Inconvenient Truth group!"

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      yeimaya added this photo to her favorites. (70 months ago)

    9. SoulButterfly (66 months ago | reply)

      is a cyclone the same as a hurricane?

    10. davesag (66 months ago | reply)

      @SouButterfly - basically yes. Just in different oceans.

    11. sillydog (66 months ago | reply)

      that and they turn the other direction down under.

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      mikester007, dragonfly_417, and glcc8597 added this photo to their favorites.

    13. MEEDDM - DGPR (28 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Risques majeurs - Risk disasters, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

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