 After reaching the Pacific Ocean near Cooktown, the storm decelerated and meandered offshore, but dissipated about 105 km (65 mi) north of Cape Melville.While trekking slowly offshore the east coast of Queensland, the storm dropped very heavy rainfall, peaking at 1,947 millimeters (76.7 inches) at Mount Bellenden Ker, making it the wettest tropical cyclone on record in Australia.Severe flooding occurred, especially in the Cairns area.