Tropical Cyclone Jasper: residents and visitors stockpile board games and beer before storm crosses Queensland coast

Up to 500mm of rain and 140km/h winds predicted among wild weather associated with category two cyclone

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Bec Dowel arrived in Cairns with her partner and two children on Saturday for a pre-Christmas holiday.

Instead of being out enjoying the nearby reef, beaches or mountains, on Tuesday she found herself shopping for board games as Tropical Cyclone Jasper bore down on Queensland’s north.

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