Tropical Cyclone Yasi Situation Update #2, 02 February 2011

I. HIGHLIGHTS/KEY PRIORITIES

- Tropical Cyclone (TC) Yasi has been upgraded to a category five strength cyclone and is expected to make landfall in Australia at 1200 UTC on Wednesday 2 February.

- A tropical cyclone watch has also been issued for the Milne Islands off Papua New Guinea.

- TC Yasi passed through the Banks Islands in Torba Province in Vanuatu on the 30 January bringing with it destructive winds, dangerous storm surge and heavy rains that resulted in minor damage to buildings and crops.

- On the 31 January it passed south of the Solomon Islands causing minor damage.