Insurers have received more than 5500 claims related to cyclone and flood impacts in Queensland, the NT and WA since the start of last month.

Claims for damage caused by Tropical Cyclone Narelle number 2956, the Insurance Council of Australia says.

Most are from WA, where Narelle made a final landfall late last month after sweeping across the top of Australia. Fewer than 300 are from Queensland and the NT.

Exmouth, 1248km north of Perth, was among the most affected communities.

At the weekend, the state government announced $1.45 million in tourism support packages for the region, with business disrupted before the peak Easter school holiday season.

Tourism operators and accommodation providers in the shires of Exmouth, Carnarvon, Ashburton and Upper Gascoyne are eligible for the assistance.

Narelle, which formed in the Coral Sea on March 17, was unusual for the distance it covered and for making landfall at severe tropical cyclone intensity in each of Queensland, the NT and WA.

The storm followed earlier extreme weather, with ICA declaring significant events on March 12 for floods in the Katherine region of the NT and others affecting Bundaberg and the Burnett River catchment in Queensland.

Insurers have received 2335 claims from the Queensland event and 287 from the NT.

Last month, ICA CEO Andrew Hall said communities in the NT and on the Queensland coast have long lived with flood risk, “but the gap between what’s been built to protect them and what’s needed remains far too wide”.