Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology predicted water levels in the area would peak on Sunday. Read more at straitstimes.com.
was forecast to peak on Sunday, after almost 100 residents of an outback town were moved to higher ground.
Mr Dan McKinlay, chief executive of the local council responsible for Burketown, said on Sunday that 97 residents had been airlifted out in the past 48 hours. Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology predicted water levels in the area would peak on Sunday. It said the flood had already topped a March 2011 record of 6.78 metres.
On Saturday, police released aerial images of the Burketown flooding, showing properties and swaths of land submerged.
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