A geoscientist says Cairns can one day expect floods twice as big as the one that inundated hundreds of homes in December.
The sheer deluge of water down the Barron River on December 17 tore through a beachfront street, isolating dozens of residents as others desperately pleaded for help.
The James Cook University academic said while December's flood was the largest since accurate records in Cairns began, "it wasn't that big in terms of what we could get".Professor Nott said geological evidence pointed to at least one flood at an unknown time in the past that was at least double the size of what happened in December 2023.
"I don't feel sorry for myself. I think of a lot of other people who are in the same boat, you know."Professor Nott said councils and governments might find future natural disasters more expensive if they did not become more restrictive about development in natural disaster-prone areas. The state development code and Cairns planning scheme contain construction standards for flood-prone areas that are meant to stop developments from worsening flooding for neighbouring properties.With potential storm surges posing a much greater risk to the Far North Queensland coast than riverine flooding, Professor Nott said Tropical Cyclone Jasper should be treated as a warning.
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