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 .

Nine corps of the French Sixth Army and the British Fourth and Third armies , attacked Attack the German 2nd Army ( General Fritz von Below ) from Foucaucourt south of the Somme northwards across the Ancre to Serre and at Gommecourt , beyond , in the Third Army area .

The German defeats Conquering from Foucaucourt to the Albert–Bapaume road , left the German defence Defending on the south bank incapable of resisting Defending another attack Attack ; a substantial German retreat began Process_start from the Flaucourt plateau to the west bank of the Somme close to Péronne ; north of the Somme in the British area , Fricourt was abandoned GiveUp overnight .

The festival was organised Arranging very simply with tables at the gates and screens to prevent Preventing_or_letting people getting in for free Cost , all the bands used Using the Pavilion as a back stage area .

More than half of Darwin 's civilian population left Departing the area permanently , before or immediately after the attack Attack .

While improvements to fortifications had been undertaken Action under the leadership of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel beginning Process_start in October 1943 , the troops assigned Choosing to defend Defending the area were mostly poorly equipped Supply non-German conscripts .

On the beach itself , infantry and tanks landed Self_motion in four waves beginning Process_start at 06:30 and quickly secured Assistance the immediate area with minimal casualties Catastrophe .

Meanwhile , engineers set Self_motion to work clearing Bringing the area of obstacles and mines , and additional waves of reinforcements continued to arrive Arriving .

at the close of d-day , allied forces had only captured Conquering about half of the planned Arranging area and contingents of german defenders remained Presence , but the beachhead was secure .

As a result , many residential areas in the local floodplains , such as the Raymore Drive area , were subsequently converted Change to parkland .

The storm Catastrophe stalled Temporary_stay over the Toronto area , and although it was now extratropical , it remained Temporary_stay as powerful as a category 1 hurricane Catastrophe .

Steering currents in the area subsequently became Becoming better established Building , and Bret turned Becoming toward the northeast only to encounter Hostile_encounter a substantial increase Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale in vertical wind shear .

Abby degenerated into an area of showers on August 8 southwest of San Antonio , Texas .

The area was under German occupation until the Red Army reconquered Scrutiny it in the summer of 1944 .

The railway later realigned Change the main line in that area , eliminating Removing a sharp curve that prevented Preventing_or_letting crews from seeing Perception_active oncoming trains .

Following the passage on 1 August 1793 and 1 October 1793 by the National Convention of laws aimed Aiming at exterminating anti-Republican terrorists Terrorism in the area south of the Loire River ( the so-called Vendée ) , 12 army columns were formed Coming_to_be and sent Sending through the Vendée to exterminate the local anti-republican population .

The fourth tropical cyclone and third named Name_conferral storm of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season , Colin developed Coming_to_be as a tropical depression from a low-pressure area in the central Atlantic on August 2 .

Regiment 95 occupied Control the area for the remainder of the First Indochina War and were still operating Control there as late as 1962 against the South Vietnamese Army during the Second Indochina , or Vietnam War .

It moved Motion west-northwestward under the influence Influence of the subtropical ridge to its north , and steadily strengthened Cause_change_of_strength in an area of warm water temperatures and light wind shear .

One agency donated Giving $ 626,500 , helping transport Sending 50,000 mosquito nets to the devastated area .

A total of 5,500 bars of soap , 1,600 buckets , 50 baths , and over 180 latrines were distributed Giving to the victims of the devastated area .

A shortage of transport aircraft meant the division could not land in their traditional way by parachute and glider , and all the landing craft in the area were already allocated Dispersal to the other landings : Operation Avalanche at Salerno on the western coast , and Operation Baytown at Calabria .

The only German forces in the area were elements of the 1st Parachute Division ( `` 1 .

The offensives Attack were accompanied by the displacement of most of the Croatian Serb population of the area captured Conquering by the HV .

The fighting Hostile_encounter followed the SAO Krajina 's takeover of the Plitvice Lakes National Park and resulted in Causation Croatia recapturing Control the area .

Even though the special police units which captured Conquering the Plitvice Lakes area did pull out Removing on 2 April , a newly established Achieve Croatian police station , staffed Employment by 90 officers , remained Presence in place .

Fighting Hostile_encounter lasted for five days , following which the 55 Division took Getting control Control of the area .

The district was in the operational Using area of the Blue Dragon Brigade .

The discovery Know sparked Causation the California Gold Rush area to expand Expansion from the Sierra Nevada into Northeastern California .

To exploit Hold the success , British cavalry went Self_motion forward to probe the area around the village but were repulsed Defending by machine-gun Use_firearm and artillery-fire Bearing_arms from improvised German defences Defending on Transloy Ridge .

at the battle Hostile_encounter of le unk and in local operations Military_operation in november , unk was used Using as a jumping-off point ; in the winter of unk the area was held Hold by the i anzac corps , which considered the conditions around the village to be the worst on the somme front .

The sheer number of troops involved Cause_to_be_included , as well as the large area of operations Hostile_encounter , make it Causation one of the most complex battles Hostile_encounter fought Hostile_encounter on Romanian soil during the war Military_operation .

French Admiral Joseph de Richery , decided Deciding not to land after he saw this force , and after hovering in the area for several days , he chose Choosing instead to land at Bay Bulls , 18 miles south of St. John 's , on 4 September .

Eight helicopters were sent Sending to the first staging area , Desert One , but only five arrived in Arriving operational condition .

It was important for its influence Influence and control Control over the Native American tribes in the area , which was sometimes referred Name_conferral to in historical documents as `` Michilimackinac '' .

The combination of the absorption of a second low-pressure area to its southeast , a stronger than normal sea surface temperature differential along its path , and the presence Presence of a strong jet stream aloft led to Causation a rapid strengthening Cause_change_of_strength of the storm Catastrophe , with its central pressure falling Motion_directional to an estimated on 10 January .

The Duke of Monmouth had been popular in the South West of England , so he planned Arranging to recruit Employment troops locally and take Conquering control Control of the area before marching Self_motion on London .

The Battle Hostile_encounter of Ostrovo occurred Presence in 1041 near Ostrovo , an area close to the lake of the same name Name_conferral in modern northern Greece .

The operation was militarily inconclusive , and in the aftermath , Chetnik forces conducted Action mass killings Killing of civilians in the area .

Chetniks under the command Control of Dobroslav Jevđević and Petar Baćović then massacred Killing between 543 and 2,500 Croats and Muslims , and destroyed Destroying numerous villages in the area .

The 1926 Miami hurricane Catastrophe , commonly called the `` Great Miami '' hurricane , was a large and intense tropical cyclone Motion that devastated Destroying the Greater Miami area and caused Causation extensive damage in the Bahamas and the U.S. Gulf Coast in September 1926 , accruing Come_together a US $ 100 million damage toll .

Due to an area of high pressure to the north-east , Hazel stalled Self_motion over Toronto and lost Earnings_and_losses most of its moisture .

Blizzard conditions were reported Reporting in a relatively small area of Maryland , but near-blizzard conditions occurred Presence across much of the Mid-Atlantic region .

After several weeks of minor skirmishes Hostile_encounter , Dutch-led troops assaulted Attack Chinese strongholds in sugar mills throughout the area .

The shoot-down occurred Coming_to_be in the War Hostile_encounter in Donbass , during the Battle Hostile_encounter of Shakhtarsk , in an area controlled Control by pro-Russian rebels .

According to the JIT , the Buk that was used Using originated Coming_to_be from the 53rd Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade of the Russian Federation , and had been transported Sending from Russia on the day of the crash , fired Use_firearm from a field in a rebel-controlled area , and the launcher returned Arriving to Russia after it was used Using to shoot down Use_firearm MH17 .

The DSB and JIT findings confirmed Check earlier claims Statement by American and German intelligence sources as to the missile type and launch area .

The Russian Government holds Ukraine responsible for the crash Catastrophe , asserting Statement that Ukraine should have redirected the civilian traffic away from the area of conflict Hostile_encounter .

The cities that reported Reporting human casualties Catastrophe are located in a mountainous area , in the neighborhood of the Serra dos Órgãos national park .

The area is a tourist hotspot due to its geographic features , historical landmarks and mild temperatures .