Region sends SOS after floodwaters, landslides hit

Areas around Cairns have been hit by flooding and landslides in the wake of cyclone Jasper. (Joshua Prieto/AAP PHOTOS)

Boulders the size of houses, 100 metre landslides and flooding have hit the Douglas Shire, north of Cairns, in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Jasper.

And that's just the damage mayor Michael Kerr is aware of in the far north Queensland region, which is now largely isolated.