Residents of Burketown in northwest Queensland face an anxious wait as murky water slowly floods their community ahead of an expected peak.
Some 45 locals took their last chance to evacuate on Saturday but others chose to stay despite warnings to get out, with sewerage and power turned off due to flood risks.
Most of those who left were flown by helicopter to nearby Doomadgee and then more than 300 kilometres south to Mount Isa.
