Cyclone hits Australia

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Our Geo Quiz comes straight out of the news this time: a massive cyclone is battering northeastern Australia. Cyclone Yasi went ashore in a state that's known as the gateway to the Great Barrier Reef. The storm is impacting a part of the state that's to the north of areas hit by massive flooding recently. What's the name of the Australian state battered by Yasi? 

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