Just weeks ago, residents were praising one of the strongest wet seasons in a decade, but rather than wind down, the rains kept coming and caught everyone by surprise.
By March 9 the Gregory River at Riversleigh, near Lawn Hill, reached 18 metres high — surpassing the 1971 flood record of 10.8m.Cattle swim through what has been described by locals as an "inland sea".But the north-flowing rivers were yet to carry large amounts of water from the Gregory catchment to Burketown.
By March 11 the majority of Burketown's 150 residents had been evacuated to neighbouring communities after the Albert River reached more than 7m on Friday afternoon — exceeding the 2011 record flood level of 6.78m.Along with those in Burketown, graziers further south in the Gregory region, as well as the small Aboriginal community of Bidunggu, were hardest hit by the flood.
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