CYCLONE YASI: ONE YEAR ON - PART 3 (FARMERS)

CYCLONE YASI: ONE YEAR ON - PART 3 (FARMERS)

Mark Nucifora lost his Cowley home and 90 percent of his banana crop, but 12 months on, a banana glut forcing down prices is his biggest problem.

Tully cane grower Tom Harney left Far North Queensland for his very first overseas holiday days before cyclone Yasi. After cutting down trees for three days to reach his home, he then found his farm devastated. A year later, after the worst season on record, he is back on his feet.

On February 3 last year, the biggest cyclone in memory smashed into the Far North Queensland coast. Residents lost their homes, farmers lost their crops and businesses lost their livelihoods.

How is the impact zone faring one year on? Meet the battered but unbowed heroes of cyclone Yasi. Watch our Yasi Anniversary video reports at http://www.cairns.com.au/cyclone

Producer Isaac Egan
Executive Producer Simon Crerar

Photography:
Tom Lee, Marc McCormack, Mike Watt
Liz Gallie, Margaret Thorsborne, Lynne Scafidi,
Sean Davey, Rob Parsons & Julie Lightfoot

Special thanks:
Mark Nucifora & Tom Harney

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