Emergency services in Australia’s Queensland state evacuated
residents to higher ground on Saturday, as record-breaking floods
sparked by heavy rain lashed the region’s northwest, Trend reports citing
Reuters.
Fifty three residents of the isolated Gulf Country town of
Burketown, about 2,115 km (1,314 miles) northwest of state capital
Brisbane, had been evacuated since heavy rain triggered floods
earlier this week, police said Saturday.
Around 100 residents remained in the town, with police urging a
full evacuation on Saturday, as the nation’s weather forecaster
predicted river levels in the area to peak on Sunday.
“We are confident we can move the remaining people if we have
to,” Superintendent Tom Armitt told the Australian Broadcasting
Corporation (ABC), adding that floodwaters were still rising in the
remote area.
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