Communities in Far North Queensland are preparing for what could be days without power as Cyclone Jasper closes in. It’s currently a Category 1 storm, but yesterday, the Bureau of Meteorology said it’s likely to strengthen into a Category 2 before making landfall near Port Douglas around 1pm local time today. Here’s a guide on how to prepare if you’re in the red zone – but to give you a preview, the experts say winds of up to 140km/hour and flash flooding are on the cards, with a dump of up to 500mm of rain in some areas. That’s more than 3 months’ worth of rainfall in that part of the world… Police Minister Mark Ryan said the message for locals is that “things are going to get a little bit rough over the next 12-24 hours”. If you’re up that way, we’re thinking of you today…