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Flooding peaks in Gulf of Carpentaria with about 40 homes inundated in Burketown

Authorities say the Burketown community could be flooded out of their homes for weeks. (Julia Andre)

Station owners from the flood-ravaged Gulf of Carpentaria in Queensland say they have lost everything, from cattle and stock to freezer rooms full of food, and it could be weeks before evacuated residents in the region can return home.

The majority of Burketown's 150 residents were evacuated Saturday after the Albert River reached over 7 metres on Friday afternoon, exceeding the 2011 record flood level of 6.78m.

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