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But Yasi is expected to bring with it flash flooding and winds of up to 137 miles per hour.
The Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh, said that everyone needed to take the storm seriously.
"I would rather you were inconvenienced for three days than have your lives threatened by dangerous, fast rising, powerful storm surge waters. So the message to people in those areas is still, if you're in a low-lying area, if you are on the waterfront and you can relocate, it is the safest and best thing to do."
Residents of the flood-ravaged northeast are preparing for what is being predicted as one of the fiercest storms the region has ever seen.
I blame Global Warming. Or is it just some weather?
But Yasi is expected to bring with it flash flooding and winds of up to 137 miles per hour.
The Premier of Queensland, Anna Bligh, said that everyone needed to take the storm seriously.
"I would rather you were inconvenienced for three days than have your lives threatened by dangerous, fast rising, powerful storm surge waters. So the message to people in those areas is still, if you're in a low-lying area, if you are on the waterfront and you can relocate, it is the safest and best thing to do."
Residents of the flood-ravaged northeast are preparing for what is being predicted as one of the fiercest storms the region has ever seen.
I blame Global Warming. Or is it just some weather?
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