Flood warnings in place for the Daintree and Mossman River while thousands of homes remain without power
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Eight residents had to be evacuated from a rooftop in the middle of the night, as Tropical Cyclone Jasper brought heavy rains and damaging winds to far north Queensland.
Residents took shelter as the category 2 storm hit late on Wednesday afternoon, and winds of about 100km/h uprooted trees and brought down powerlines, leaving tens of thousands of homes without power.
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