Vulnerable people are being evacuated from an outback town by air amid widespread floods and persistent rain across Queensland's remote northwest.
Small helicopters and planes will be used to airlift elderly people from Burketown near the Gulf of Carpentaria to Mount Isa, about 400km to the south, on Friday.
It's a precautionary step, not a total evacuation, with the Albert River forecast to keep rising over the next two days, a spokeswoman for Queensland Fire and Emergency Services said.
