System expected to cross coast as category two storm

Far north Queensland is in the firing line of tropical Cyclone Jasper which is due to make landfall later today.

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00:00 Well this is the situation currently in Port Douglas.

00:05 This is the top of the high tide the Bureau was warning about.

00:09 The ocean here yesterday was still relatively calm, not anymore.

00:13 You can really start to see the effects of Cyclone Jasper.

00:16 These waves have been surging up onto the boardwalks.

00:20 You can see all the debris around at the high tide mark.

00:25 Thankfully the waves are really only just lapping the dunes and not surging up across

00:30 the broad water and onto the road.

00:32 Now that was the fear.

00:34 The fear was if we spin around that the system would have, this high tide would have coincided

00:40 with when the system made landfall and that the water would rush across the road and into

00:44 the ground level of some of these hotels there.

00:47 Thankfully that hasn't happened.

00:49 But if you take a look at the trees you can see the wind has really picked up as well.

00:54 Go to the rain.

00:55 You've got palm fronds dropping everywhere.

00:57 By how slowly that system is moving I think the rain is here to stay.

01:02 According to the Bureau high tide tonight is forecast for just before 9pm.

01:08 That could be much closer to when the system makes landfall.

01:12 Thankfully tonight's high tide won't be quite as big as this one so fingers crossed we don't

01:17 see too much damage from flooding at least from the storm surge here in Port Douglas.

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