QLD:Two harrowing hours of nature's fury

AAP General News (Australia)
02-03-2011
QLD:Two harrowing hours of nature's fury

By Kym Agius

CAIRNS, Feb 3 AAP - It was two harrowing hours El-Arish resident Paul Osborne will never forget.

Debris thrown up by Cyclone Yasi hammered his north Queensland home overnight, sending
vibrations through his brick walls as the storm unleashed its fury on the tiny town.

Mr Osborne lives just 15km from Yasi's ground zero at Mission Beach, which took a direct
hit from the monster cyclone when it crossed land as a category five about midnight.

He says the winds are the most extreme he's ever experienced.

"It was just full …