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Deborah Jones lost nearly all her possessions in a one-in-50-year flood that battered Timber Creek

The fans are on full blast in Deborah Jones's ageing home, the mud and debris has been hosed from the floor and there's a skip outside filled with soaking mattresses.

These are the remnants of a home flooded unexpectedly in the tiny community of Myatt, where many families who lost everything may never entirely rebuild.

A major clean up effort is underway following a flash flood that inundated homes and businesses in the isolated town of Timber Creek and its outstations, in the wake of ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie on December 23.

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