STORMY situations caught the online world's attention this week - from a cyclone forming to a turbulent relationship that ended down the toilet.

Cairns residents and worldwide weather watchers turned to cairns.com.au for updates on cyclone Ului, which formed a week ago near Vanuatu and continued to approach Queensland through the week.

Nationally, once again it was the Lara Bingle and Michael Clarke saga that had readers clicking - this time on the news that Bingle's engagement ring had to be retrieved after being flushed down the toilet.

Cairns top 5

1. Cyclone updates track cyclone Ului throughout the week, from its formation near Vanuatu through to its approach towards the Queensland coast. Read more.

2. A homeless man caught putting a beef tongue down his pants also had rump steaks, lamb chops, limes and onions hidden in his seemingly bottomless duds. Read more.

3. An adventure diver who rode on the back of a tiger shark during a feeding frenzy in waters off Port Douglas is set to become an internet star. Read more.

4. A brothers’ road trip to Cairns that turned into a crime spree and a manhunt across state borders is likened to a male version of Thelma and Louise. Read more.

5. A TV weatherman delivers a blistering on-air attack against his media colleagues over their "irresponsible, unprofessional" coverage of cyclone Ului. Read more.

National top 5 

1. Plumbers are called to Lara Bingle’s apartment to search for her engagement ring down a toilet. Read more.

2. Lady Gaga and Beyonce Knowles’ latest video features graphic violence, a lesbian kiss, mass murder, nudity and expletives. Read more.

3. A US writer uncovers evidence suggesting the CIA spiked a French village’s food with the hallucinogenic drug LSD. Read more.

4. With his love life in tatters, Michael Clarke returns to his teammates in New Zealand to pick up his Test cricket career. Read more.

5. A young cast member of Aussie sit-com Hey Dad! says she was sexually abused on the show’s set. Read more.

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