Roads Reopen After North Queensland Region Hit Hard by Cyclone

Roads are finally reopening in flood-hit far north Queensland, three weeks after Tropical Cyclone Jasper struck the region. But it may be some time before hundreds of people return to their homes after being evacuated from an Aboriginal community north of Cairns. Crews are continuing to work hard to clear flooding damage caused by Cyclone Jasper last month, with about 650 km of state roads reopened across the far north to date. It includes the road from Cooktown to Wujal Wujal, an Aboriginal community that was one of the hardest hit last month. The cyclone crossed the Queensland coast at Wujal Wujal on Dec. 13, causing record rainfall and flooding that forced almost 300 people to be relocated by Australian Defence Force helicopters to Cooktown....