
People pack a shopping mall used as a evacuation shelter in Cairns, Australia, Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2011, as a monster cyclone approaches the northeast coast with furious winds, rains and surging seas on a scale unseen in generations. Gusts up to 186 mph were expected when Cyclone Yasi strikes the coast late Wednesday after whipping across Australia's Great Barrier Reef. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
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