When the rain from ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper started falling in Cairns in December 2023, Dan Vowles remembers how "all hell broke loose".

Roughly a foot of water came through his home in the coastal suburb of Machans Beach as the storm swept through, causing "complete carnage".

More than 800 homes across Far North Queensland suffered at least moderate damage from Jasper — the type of event that a new report is predicting could happen more often , unless climate change is addressed.

Up to 185,000 residential buildings in Queensland could be in "very high-risk areas" depending on how much warming occurs, according to the national climate risk assessment, released yesterday.

The report warned communities in Australia's north and coastal areas would be particularly vulnerable to the eff

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