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Preventative actions will help ensure you're prepared year-round in the event of a natural disaster. Focus Areas: Around your home Around your property Health and Safety Before a cyclone During a cyclone After a cyclone

Outstanding site with resources for case study of atmospheric hazard - Cyclone Yasi. 

Before Cyclone Yasi hit, what were people living in its path asked to do? After Yasi hit, people woke to the destruction. What types of damage did they find in the morning? Listen to the reporter explain how houses can be strengthened to survive cyclones. What three things can be done?

A tropical low developed over the eastern Coral Sea and reached cyclone intensity during the early hours of 18 March and proceeded on a general westerly course towards the Queensland coast. Larry rapidly intensified in the following 48 hours reaching hurricane-force intensity at 1200 UTC 18 March and peaking at 56 m/s (110 knots) at 1200 UTC 19 March as it marched steadily westwards towards the coast.

Everybody living in a cyclone-prone area should have a household emergency plan, which includes evacuation and shelter considerations. Residents should plan and prepare to shelter in a secure place either at home or with family and friends.

Evacuation Advice: An evacuation order for a cyclone is only issued if lives may be at risk from a storm tide surge...