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Laine Clark and Fraser Barton

Weather station staff to be evacuated as cyclone looms

Fire and Rescue officers from Mackay to Cairns are preparing for Cyclone Jasper's arrival. (Jono Searle/AAP PHOTOS)

A remote weather station will be evacuated after a large tropical cyclone intensified off the Queensland coast, producing almost 300km/h wind gusts.

North Queensland residents are on high alert, with Tropical Cyclone Jasper set to impact the coast between Cooktown and Townsville by mid-next week.

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