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Savannah Meacham and Fraser Barton

Residents count cost of flooding as cyclone nears coast

Record rainfall in north Queensland that caused deadly floods is finally forecast to ease. (HANDOUT/GREG WATSON)

Thick mud covered Steve Pilla's boots as the farmer sloshed through waterlogged sugarcane paddocks despite rainfall finally easing.

The early signs are not good. At least 40cm of water still remains in his cane fields at Giru, near Townsville.

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