Authorities and residents with first-hand experience of disastrous storms say Queenslanders need to do more to prepare for damaging storms.
The category 4 cyclone devastated the Whitsundays and surrounds, cost $1.8 billion in insurance losses and an extra $700 million in disaster relief and recovery.
But an influx of new residents into regional Queensland means many are unfamiliar with the damage a cyclone can inflict."I say to people, 'It only takes one and that's the one we've got to prepare for.'
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