 Tropical cyclone Yassi is behaving as expected. It's still moving towards a coast. It's intensifying as an expected to cross the coast somewhere between Cairns and Mackay sometime on Wednesday night. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a cyclone watch from St Lawrence right through to Yopin, but the highest risk area is from the Cairns region down to Mackay. That's why we're advising people in low-lying coastal areas to consider today relocating to family and friends on higher ground. And we're particularly asking those people who do live on high ground to make their homes or rooms in their homes available for those in low-lying areas to relocate to. The Bureau is still predicting this to be a very intense storm. Cyclone category 4 with very high destructive winds, very heavy rainfall both during the event and for several days afterwards, but most particularly a significant storm surge potentially of several metres. That's why the clear message to people in low-lying coastal areas, particularly between Cairns and Mackay, should consider today about relocating to family and friends if possible to higher ground. I want to ask Bruce Grady from emergency management Queensland to add a few comments. Thanks Minister. Many people last evening may have received a text or a voice message through the emergency alert system. That message was to warn people about the potential danger of storm surge. Now what people need to do as a result of that is to ensure that they're in contact by phone or on the web with their local council. Local councils have the best information around the impact of storm surge. Storm surge is the biggest threat from this event and people in low-lying areas need to be making plans now to relocate and maybe during the course of today there will be a mandatory evacuation order given. So people in those low-lying coastal areas need to be making their plans now to relocate from their homes to family and friends in higher places. Thank you. The clear message from emergency services is that sheltering in place is the most effective way of dealing with this issue other than those people who will be affected by the storm tide. The information regarding the storm tide is available on your local council websites and you can easily access that information. There are also numbers for your local council that you can contact and to receive that same information. So please check if you're unsure of your situation. But now today is probably the last chance people will have to make the decision to relocate themselves and their family. It is far better to be inconvenienced for a couple of days by moving in with friends or family in higher ground or in fact relocating out of the danger area which extends at the moment from Cairns to Mackay. Certainly we would ask people to consider that to act now. Making those decisions today may prevent you having to make a decision at the height of what is expected to be a very very dangerous cyclone. Thank you. So where is the potential impact area is currently from Cairns region right through to Mackay that is changing. So it's really important for people to continue listening to their radio and television bulletins and particularly to local area advice to make sure they have the correct information so they can base their decisions on what the likely impact will be. Thanks. Please also check on neighbours particularly those who might be elderly or disadvantaged. And for people who run tourist businesses please ensure those people you are dealing with our tourists are made very much aware of the potential of this cyclone. Thank you.