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Andrew Stafford and Laine Clark

Double whammy deluge looms over disaster-hit regions

Hardship assistance payments have been activated for 13 local government areas. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

A day after its first full 24 hours of sunshine in a fortnight, a flood-struck northwest Queensland is preparing for the next deluge.

With a monsoon trough deepening over the region on Wednesday - and a possible cyclone forming in the Coral Sea - yet more heavy rainfall has been predicted for the days ahead.

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