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Tropical Cyclone Yasi, pictured on the far upper right portion of the map, is heading toward northern Queensland. It was upgraded to a category 5 on Tuesday. Australia Bureau of Meteorology
The Bureau of Meteorology’s unexpected $70,000 (US$44,000) rebranding of its nickname under the former government has sparked a maelstrom of bemused and waggish responses.
The national weather forecaster asked media outlets to stop referring to it by its longstanding household nickname, “the BoM”, or “the Weather Bureau”.
