Rain is forecast to continue in the North for the rest of the week.

Extra water allocations and fresh money for the Hann Highway project are being lobbied for in the wake of news that rail company Aurizon will shed dozens of jobs in the north west from February next year, 25 of them in Hughenden.

FOUR cyclones are forecast to form in the Coral Sea off the Queensland coast this season, with one predicted to make landfall.