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This image provided by NASA shows Tropical Cyclone Yasi as it approaches Queensland, Australia, Wednesday Feb. 2, 2011. (AP Photo/NASA - Jeff Schmaltz)
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Hospital patients are transported to safety as Cyclone Yasi threatens massive damage in Cairns, Australia. Extra commercial flights were scheduled so residents could evacuate. (Associated Press)
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Two local residents walk through floodwater after getting ice and food to take to their flooded residence in the suburb of New Farm in Brisbane, Australia., on Jan. 13, 2011. Cyclone Yasi, a strong tropical cyclone, roared toward Australia's flood-ravaged northeast on Monday, Jan. 31, 2011, prompting evacuations and warnings from officials that the storm could be the worst the already-swamped region has ever seen. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard, File)
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Novak Djokovic of Serbia celebrates after beating Andy Murray of Britain in the men's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, on Sunday, Jan. 30, 2011. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)
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Belgium's Kim Clijsters makes a forehand return to China's Li Na during the women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
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Britain's Andy Murray celebrates his win over Spain's David Ferrer in their men's semifinal at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday, Jan. 28, 2011. (AP Photo/John Donegan)
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Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki makes a forehand return to Italy's Francesca Schiavone during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)
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China's Li Na sits in chair shortly after her women's singles final loss to Kim Clijsters of Belgium at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Jan. 29, 2011. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)
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Serbia's Novak Djokovic raises his arms as he celebrates his win over Switzerland's Roger Federer in their semifinal at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
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Venus Williams of the U.S. reacts during a press conference after she withdrew from her third round match against Germany's Andrea Petkovic injured at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday, Jan. 21, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Brownbill)
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A police diver watches a car wreck outside the town of Grantham in South East Queensland, Australia, on Wednesday. The small town was hit by flash flooding causing mass destruction. (Associated Press)
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An entire shopping mall is submerged outside Ipswich, west of Brisbane, Australia. (Associated Press)
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An entire suburb is submerged outside Ipswich, west of Brisbane, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Emergency sirens blared across Australia's third-largest city Wednesday as floodwaters that have torn a deadly path across the northeast poured into an empty downtown, swamping neighborhoods in what may be Brisbane's worst flooding in 100 years. (AP Photo)
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A house is surrounded by flood water near Grafton, in Australia's New South Wales state, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Deadly floodwaters that have cut a swath across northeastern Australia flowed onto the streets of the nation's third-largest city, Brisbane, forcing people to flee suburbs and skyscrapers. (AP Photo/Wolter Peeters, Pool)
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A police diver watches a car wreck outside the town of Grantham in South East Queensland, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. The small town was hit by flash flooding causing mass destruction. Deadly floodwaters that have cut a swath across northeastern Australia flowed onto the streets of Brisbane, the nation's third-largest city, forcing people to flee suburbs and skyscrapers. (AP Photo)
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An entire small industry is submerged outside Ipswich, west of Brisbane, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Emergency sirens blared across Australia's third-largest city Wednesday as floodwaters that have torn a deadly path across the northeast poured into an empty downtown, swamping neighborhoods in what may be Brisbane's worst flooding in 100 years. (AP Photo)
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A rescue helicopter flies over a flooded area in South East Queensland, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Deadly floodwaters flowed onto the streets in Australia's northeastern state of Queensland since drenching rains that began in November sent swollen rivers spilling over their banks, inundating an area larger than France and Germany combined. (AP Photo)
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Australia's New South Wales state Premier Kristina Keneally looks at flooded homes at Lawrence, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Deadly floodwaters that have cut a swath across northeastern Australia flowed onto the streets of the nation's third-largest city, Brisbane, forcing people to flee suburbs and skyscrapers. (AP Photo/Wolter Peeters, Pool)
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A main road is submerged outside Ipswich, west of Brisbane, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Emergency sirens blared across Australia's third-largest city Wednesday as floodwaters that have torn a deadly path across the northeast poured into an empty downtown, swamping neighborhoods in what may be Brisbane's worst flooding in 100 years. (AP Photo)
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An entire suburb is submerged outside Ipswich, west of Brisbane, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Deadly floodwaters that have cut a swath across northeastern Australia flowed onto the streets of the nation's third-largest city, forcing people to flee suburbs and skyscrapers. (AP Photo)
