Locals have been told to prepare for flash-flooding and potentially days without power, with evacuation centres set-up in Cairns, Port Douglas and Cooktown.
Cairns’ Local Disaster Management Group (LDMG) urged residents in the city’s red zone – the areas at the highest risk of flooding – to evacuate immediately due to the risk of a large storm surge when Jasper crosses the coast.
Properties in Cairns North, Cairns City, Portsmith and Parramatta Park are expected to be the worst impacted as the storm approaches.
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