‘Stuck in recovery mode’: far north Queensland still waiting to rebuild after ex-Cyclone Jasper
by Aston Brown from Environment | The Guardian on (#6JTTJ)
Visitors cannot return to tourism-reliant coastline so there's no money to pay the bills' or for rebuilding, MP Warren Entsch says
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Far north Queensland is stuck in recovery mode" after ex-Cyclone Jasper caused catastrophic flooding, Warren Entsch says.
The weather system crossed the coast near the remote Indigenous community of Wujal Wujal, 120km north of Cairns, in mid December, dumping more than a metre of rain on surrounding communities. The army was mobilised as people fled to rooftops to survive the flood waters, and the entire population of Wujal Wujal was evacuated.
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