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How Cyclone Yasi compares around the world
Thursday, 3 February 2011 - 5:30 AM SL Time
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AS far north Queensland takes stock of the damage wrought by Cyclone Yasi, the rest of the nation and the world is seeing a clearer picture of the scale of the disaster.
Most of the coverage about the scale of Yasi has tried to compare it with storms of the past - it`s bigger than Larry, more powerful than Tracy. Hours after landfall, it was still a category three and had been forecast to still be a category one even when it reached Mt Isa, more han 700km away.
But these are numbers, or remote statistics - and unless you met Yasi close up or are a meteorologist, they can be a little overwhelming.
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Jayawardene to lead Team Kochi in IPL 2011
Thursday, 10 February 2011 - 10:34 AM SL Time
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Mahela Jayawardene will be the captain of Team Kochi in the upcoming IPL. The former Sri Lanka captain has reportedly agreed to lead the new IPL franchise, whose squad also includes his fellow Sri Lanka team-mates Muttiah Muralitharan and Thisara Perera.
Jayawardene was Kochi`s big signing, who bought him for US$1.5 million at the IPL auction in January. He previously was part of the Kings XI Punjab franchise in the earlier editions of the IPL.
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