Residents in northern Queensland survey the damage after Cyclone Ita swept across north eastern Australia.<br/> <br />With winds of up to 230 km per hour, Ita packed a punch.<br/> <br />But Australians here escaped the worst after the category five storm weakened and was later downgraded to category one.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) QUEENSLAND STATE PREMIER CAMPBELL NEWMAN SAYING:<br/> <br />"Thankfully reports at this stage, no deaths, no injuries. Let's just keep our fingers crossed though."<br/> <br />Here in Cooktown, which carried the brunt of the storm, around 300 residents spent the night in an evacuation centre.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) COOKTOWN RESIDENT, RICHARD ANDERSON, SAYING:<br/> <br />"It wasn't as bad as I expected, as I thought it could have been. It could have been really horrific. A lot more places might have been totally destroyed."<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) COOKTOWN RESIDENT, PAT GIBBONS, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I was terrified. Two days beforehand I was sick to my stomach with worry."<br/> <br />Ro
