Qld; Big wet set to continue

AAP General News (Australia)
12-27-2000
Qld; Big wet set to continue

Queensland's big wet appears set to continue, with roads cut and communities isolated
by flooded rivers and streams, especially in the state's north and west.

A police spokesman at Camooweal, near the Northern Territory border, says the Barkly
Highway has been cut by the Georgina River which is flowing about 1.8 metres above the
roadway.

However, only a handful of motorists are waiting for the water to subside, with many
having already returned to Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory or Mt Isa in Queensland.

In the Gulf country, Burketown and the Aboriginal community of Doomadgee remain cut off by road.

Burketown has been isolated by floodwaters since the beginning of the month and it's
expected to be cut off until well into the New Year.

Bureau of meteorology duty forecaster RALPH BIRKS says Burketown has had 163 millimetres
of rain in the 24 hours to 9am today.

He says more storms are expected in the Brisbane area today and there's a possibility
of rain tomorrow and continuing into Friday.





Flood warnings have been issued for the Diamantina, Georgina, Flinders, Bulloo, Gregory,
Leichhardt, Lower Thompson and Barcoo Rivers and Cooper and Eyre Creeks.

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KEYWORD: RAIN QLD (BRISBANE)

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