Severe Tropical Cyclone Catastrophe Yasi was a powerful and destructive tropical cyclone Catastrophe that made landfall in northern Queensland , Australia in early 2011 , causing Causation major damage to the affected Influence areas .

Yasi deepened Cause_change_of_strength rapidly over the next 24 hours , and was classified Check as a Category 3 cyclone Catastrophe at about 5 PM AEST ( 07:00 UTC ) on 31 January 2011 .

At about 12:00 AM AEST ( 14:00 UTC ) on 3 February , Yasi crossed Motion_directional the Australian coastline as a Category 5 severe tropical cyclone near Mission Beach , with estimated maximum 3-second gusts of 285 km/h spanning Self_motion an area from Ingham to Cairns .

Yasi was also indirectly responsible for the death of a 23-year-old man , who died Death from suffocation by generator exhaust fumes .

Tropical Cyclone Catastrophe Yasi was the biggest storm in Queensland 's history , with more than 10,000 people moved Motion from their homes .

Several follow-up heavy rainfall events including Tropical Low Yasi caused Causation repeated flash flooding in affected Influence areas in early February in many of the communities affected Influence by January 's floods .