High Waves Batter Queensland Coastline as Cyclone Marcia Nears

Tropical Cyclone Marcia was upgraded to a category five storm hours before it was forecast to make landfall in Queensland on Friday morning, February 20. These videos shows high waves battering the shore at Yeppoon, less than an hour before Marcia touched the Queensland coastline. In anticipation of the storm, flights were cancelled, many schools closed and three evacuation shelters were opened, according to ABC. Credit: Facebook/Jeff Hulderman