As the experts predicted, Tropical Cyclone Jasper intensified into a category 2 storm as it made landfall in Far North Queensland late yesterday afternoon. It hit the coastline near Cape Tribulation, bringing winds of up to 120km/hour along the coast. As far as big population centres, Port Douglas has copped the worst of it, with Palm Cove and Cairns also smashed by wild weather. Across the region, trees have been brought down over powerlines, leaving more than 31,000 homes without power. And just like we are some mornings, Jasper’s slow-moving, progressing at about 13km/hr inland. This morning, the Bureau of Meteorology downgraded Jasper to a Category 1 storm, with residents reporting that they can still hear “a fair few palm fronds dropping“…