"Cyclone" Koji during landfall has caused moderate wide spread flooding and minor damage from gusty winds. Certainly not a category 2 system based on the footage seem from many areas around Mackay. | North Queensland Wet Season Pictures & Video

Exactly 10 years ago, one of the biggest and most powerful cyclones to form in the Coral Sea made landfall on Australia's east coast. Cyclone Yasi packed winds of more than 280 kilometres an hour, causing widespread destruction and leaving a damage bill in the billions. www.7NEWS.com.au #qldweather #7NEWS | 7NEWS Cairns

Today marks 7 years since Cyclone Yasi devastated communities across north Queensland. The category-five cyclone crossed early in the morning on February 3, 2011, shattering lives and causing more than $800M in damage. Have a look back on these pictures and have a listen to these survivors talk about what it was like to live through. | ABC Brisbane

It's been 6 years since Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi crossed the coast as a Category 5 system near Mission Beach, between Cairns and Townsville. Causing widespread destruction, Yasi remains one of the most powerful cyclones to have affected Queensland since records began, with wind gusts of up to 285 km/hr. Read more: http://bom.is/abb318 | Bureau of Meteorology

7.5K views · 21 reactions | It's been 10 years, since one of the most powerful and destructive cyclones in history crossed the Queensland coast. Cyclone Yasi packed winds of almost 300 kilometres an hour, battering northern coast communities. www.7NEWS.com.au #qldweather #7NEWS | 7NEWS Sunshine Coast | Facebook