THOUSANDS of Townsville residents remain without power as northern Queensland begins to clean up following Tropical Cyclone Kirrily. 

Strong winds hit regions on Thursday evening along with rainfall totals between 100 and 150mm but minimal property damage was recorded. 

About 66,000 customers experienced a power outage at the peak of the cyclone’s crossing and 42,000 households remained without power on Saturday afternoon.

Ergon Energy deployed 600 restoration crews and said the focus would be on Townsville which had the majority of outages. 

Queensland Premier Steven Miles said power outages were also affecting phone networks and water supply for some 10,000 households. 

He urged people affected to continue conserving water and know that crews…