SYDNEY, April 10, 2014 (AFP) - Australia's sparsely populated northern tip was Thursday preparing for the largest cyclone to hit the area since Cyclone Yasi smashed into Queensland in 2011, ripping homes from their foundations and devastating crops.
Tropical Cyclone Ita was upgraded to a maximum category-five storm late Thursday and was said to be packing wind gusts near its centre of 285 kilometres (177 miles) per hour.
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