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The Latest Breaking News from Gulf of Carpentaria

Cyclone Megan could develop to category four in Top End

Tropical Cyclone Megan is now a category three system as it moves toward the Northern Territory coast, with the possibility it could intensify to category four.

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Tropical cyclone Megan likely to form over NT coast

Residents in north-east Arnhem Land and the Gulf of Carpentaria are bracing for a rain dump, just weeks after Cyclone Lincoln tore through the region.

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Net free fishing ban areas extended in Gulf

Fishing with gillnets will be prohibited in more areas of the Gulf of Carpentaria under reforms by the Queensland government that are set to be enforced.

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Queensland facing days of life-threatening flash floods

Cairns is experiencing "life-threatening" flash-flooding due to ex-cyclone Jasper, while a young girl fights for her life after being struck by lightning.

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Flooded Gulf of Carpentaria communities shocked by generosity as truckloads of donations arrive

Much-needed supplies have arrived in flood-hit towns thanks to the work of two men and a handful of businesses, who say the government and media must do more to help.

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First Nations flood survivors 'out in the bush and left in the dark'

Some remote communities hit by flooding in the Gulf of Carpentaria say having a representative on a Voice to Parliament may be the key to them receiving better support in future disasters.

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Roadhouse owner with 'nothing left' after Gulf of Carpentaria flooding as residents rally

Amid the destruction left behind by major flooding in the Gulf of Carpentaria, examples of solidarity are shining through as communities rally to walk the long road to recovery.

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Stunning vision shows scale of outback floodwater 'bigger than anything in our lifetime'

A lone cowboy negotiates a vast flood plain. Water stretches from inundated homestead buildings to the horizon. These are the stunning images of the Gulf of Carpentaria flood disaster. And the water's still rising along the Northern Territory-Queensland border.

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

Flood levels remain at unprecedented heights in Queensland's gulf region, where it will be weeks before evacuated residents can return home. Station owners say they fear what they will find when the water recedes.

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Gulf residents prepare for mass evacuation as record Queensland floods continue

Emergency services have ramped up evacuation efforts in the Gulf of Carpentaria as "unprecedented" floods threaten to submerge towns.

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Unprecedented flooding sparks evacuations in north-west Queensland, Gulf of Carpentaria

Emergency situations are unfolding as never-before-seen floods inundate north-west Queensland and rivers rise to record levels.

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Rising flood water in north-west Queensland causing logistical nightmare for emergency services

Supplies are being flown, trucked and shipped thousands of kilometres across the state to remote communities in the Gulf of Carpentaria isolated by flood. But as waters continue to rise, operations are becoming more complicated.

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Gulf of Carpentaria communities enduring biggest floods in decade brace for further heavy rain

With fuel supplies dwindling and phone lines down in some communities, emergency services are bracing for even more rainfall expected later this week.

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Gulf of Carpentaria residents ready for it to 'stop raining' as communities enter third month of isolation

There are concerns the land will begin to "cook" as more rain hits the region over the coming week.

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Gulf of Carpentaria isolated by floods for several weeks after welcome monsoonal rain

Residents are basking in the big wet after a monsoon trough has brought heavy rainfall to north-west Queensland. Several communities will be cut off for weeks after the strongest start to the wet season in a decade.

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Cyclone watch cancelled for Top End gulf region but severe weather still expected, as BOM monitors tropical low near Groote Eylandt

A cyclone watch has been cancelled for parts of the Northern Territory coast, but authorities say severe weather is still expected as a tropical low develops in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

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Tropical cyclone watch issued as low intensifies over waters in the Gulf of Carpentaria

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a tropical cyclone warning for communities along the Top End's east from Groote Eylandt to the Queensland border.

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Plans for Indian sandalwood trials on Groote Eylandt as remote NT community looks to future after mining

On a remote island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, plans are underway to start growing Indian sandalwood trees commercially.

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Graziers celebrate best January rainfall since 2009 in north-west Qld, Gulf of Carpentaria

Outback residents are celebrating after much-needed rain floods north-west parts of the state, as graziers cut-off by floodwaters confess they "wouldn't have it any other way".

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New Century Mine confirms zinc spill in Gulf of Carpentaria pipeline

A clean-up is underway after a zinc slurry spill from a mine in the Lawn Hill nature preserve. Authorities and Indigenous elders are on scene.

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What caused the world's largest die-off of mangroves? A wobble in the Moon's orbit is partly to blame

Over the summer of 2015, 40 million mangroves died of thirst. This vast die-off – the world’s largest ever recorded – killed off rich mangrove forests along fully 1,000 kilometres of coastline on Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria.

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Moon wobble may have played a role in mangrove dieback, study suggests

Changes in mangrove cover across Australia are driven by tidal shifts caused by the wobble of the Moon, a study suggests.

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‘Wobbly’ moon probable cause of mass tree deaths in Australia, scientists say

Analysis of satellite imaging shows correlation between fluctuation in mangrove canopy cover and lunar nodal cycle

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Gulf of Carpentaria leader Murandoo Yanner appears in court on drug and fraud charges

A prominent community leader in the Gulf of Carpentaria has appeared in court charged with drug and fraud offences.

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Cattle farmers say Gulf of Carpentaria could become 'food bowl to Asia' after first sorghum crop harvested

A first-ever grain crop is harvested in the Gulf of Carpentaria as farmers look to cement the region as "a food bowl to Asia" and diversify their operations amid the threat of foot-and-mouth disease.

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