Up to 500mm rain expected to fall in some areas over 24 hours, after Tropical Cyclone Jasper hits land in Far North Queensland on December 13, 2023.
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00:00 have a warning current for Cape Melville to Cardwell and that extends inland to
00:05 the Atherton Tablelands and Palmerville. So the main impacts very similar to
00:10 yesterday we're not seeing a change in what we can expect in terms of the
00:14 hazards from this system. So the winds as I've said have already begun and will
00:19 continue to worsen and the likely scenario is they'll reach up to 140
00:23 kilometers per hour. So winds of this speed and this category system we can
00:29 see trees starting to fall down including large trees and any unsecured
00:33 items can be moved around as well. In addition to the wind we're also looking
00:38 into the rainfall. So the rainfall isn't just a hazard that can happen with the
00:43 crossing but it can happen days after this cyclone has crossed. So the major
00:48 risk for today is flash flooding. So we do have on our cyclone warning the risk
00:53 of flash flooding within that warning area that may lead to dangerous and
00:58 life-threatening flash flooding and that's from locally intense rainfall. So
01:02 we are likely to see totals in six hours of 250 to 300 millimeters and we could
01:09 see totals in the 24 hour period between 400 and 500 millimeters. There's also a
01:15 risk of riverine flooding as well as storm surge as we see the high tide at
01:20 Cairns at 10 a.m. In terms of riverine flooding we've still got to watch
01:23 current with some warnings likely to be issued later today as we see more
01:28 rainfall throughout the day.
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