Roads reopen after north Qld region hit hard by cyclone

Wujal Wujal was hammered by Cyclone Jasper and it may be a while before residents can return. (HANDOUT/QLD POLICE)

Roads are finally reopening in flood-hit far north Queensland, three weeks after Tropical Cyclone Jasper struck the region.

But it may be some time before hundreds of people return to their homes after being evacuated from an Aboriginal community north of Cairns.