A satellite image shows cyclone Yasi making landfall in Queensland, Australia, on Feb. 2. US Naval Research Laboratory/Marine Meteorological Division/Reuters
Boats and yachts are piled together at Port Hinchinbrook near Cardwell, Australia, on Feb. 4, after cyclone Yasi brought heavy rain and howling winds gusting to 186 m.p.h. The storm was among the most powerful ever to strike Australia. Rick Rycroft/AP
Locals walk through a garden square in Mission Beach, Australia, on Feb. 4. The cyclone destroyed dozens of homes, cut power supplies in two regional cities, and laid waste to banana and sugar cane crops. Rick Rycroft/AP
Debris is piled around a piano at a senior citizens' center destroyed in Tully, Australia, on Feb. 3. The most powerful storm in a century ripped across Australia's northeast coast. Rick Rycroft/AP
A man works to repair damage to the roof of his house while his dogs inspect a fallen tree in Kamma, Australia, on Feb. 3. Rick Rycroft/AP
Homes are destroyed in Tully, Australia, on Feb. 3, after cyclone Yasi passed Queensland's northeast coast. Dave Hunt/AAP Image/AP
A message sprayed on debris shows the resilient spirit of a home-owner after a house was destroyed in Tully, Australia, on Feb. 3. Rick Rycroft/AP
Two women survey the damage in Tully, Australia, on Feb. 3. Rick Rycroft/AP
Chunks of road were swept up in Cardwell, Australia, on Feb. 4, after cyclone Yasi hit the area. Rick Rycroft/AP
People pack a shopping mall used as an evacuation shelter in Cairns, Australia, on Feb. 2, as cyclone Yasi approached. Rick Rycroft/AP
Just days after calling off talks with South Korea, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un put forward a rare proposal on Sunday, calling for 'senior-level' talks with the US to ease tensions and formally end the Korean War. There has been no immediate response from Washington.
North Korea's top governing body on Sunday proposed high-level nuclear and security talks with the United States in an appeal sent just days after calling off talks with rival South Korea.
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