Powerful cyclone slams into flood-hit Queensland

(CNN) -- A massive, powerful cyclone has begun to slam into the flood-ravaged northern state of Queensland, as people take shelter from the devastating weather.
Tropical Cyclone Yasi, a Category 5 storm, the highest designation on Australia's classification system, made landfall late on Wednesday night, local time.
"The large, destructive core of Cyclone Yasi is starting to cross the coast between Innisfail and Cardwell with a dangerous storm tide and battering waves to the south of the cyclone centre," Australia's Bureau of Meteorology said in a statement.
Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes ahead of the storm, which is expected to be one of the worst the country has ever seen.

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I was waiting for the pink shirt to fall off lol