Cairns saw ‘double the amount of rain’ initially predicted: Mayor Terry James

Cairns Mayor Terry James says the rain was predicted to continue moving over Queensland but seemed to stop and rain “double” the amount which was thought to occur. “The rain has finally stopped today and tomorrow we’ll be able to get in there and assess the damage,” Mr James told Sky News contributor Steve Price. “At the moment we don’t know what we don’t know. “The rain – it just got over land and stopped still and just kept raining and raining, and no one predicted that. “We ended up with double the amount of rain that was predicted.”