Clean-up begins after cyclone Larry

A MASSIVE clean-up operation was underway yesterday after super cyclone Larry ripped through northern Queensland leaving behind a devastated landscape.

Powerful winds up to 180mph plucked roofs from houses, uprooted trees and smashed through entire banana and sugar cane plantations causing tens of millions of dollars worth of damage. Incredibly, police reported no serious injuries or fatalities.

Tropical cyclone Larry hit land near Innisfail in the far north of Queensland as a top category five, but has since been downgraded to a category four, the Queensland weather bureau said.