Small towns at the epicentre of the Category 5 storm, including Cardwell, Mission Beach and Tully, were left to pick up the pieces after Yasi destroyed homes and pounded the coast with a storm surge.
The major northern centres of Cairns and Townsville avoided any major damage but more than 118,000 properties lost power.
And last night, the Bureau of Meteorology issued a flash flood warning for a massive stretch of coastline from Mossman, north of Cairns, to Ayr.
Yasi cut a ferocious path through western Queensland yesterday in areas which have never had a cyclone.
Mount Isa was the final community in Yasi's crosshairs last night, although the system was last night expected to weaken to a tropical low before reaching the town.
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