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A flooded town with the word "Thylungra" visible on the roof of a building.

A flooded town.

"Certainly, it will be a summer that will be remembered for a long time … based on how many different weather events we've seen come through."

Aerial view of flooding

An image of a weather map

A group of pilots stand near helicopters

"Basically, the message to anyone across outback Queensland is that even once the rain starts to clear we're likely to see these extremely elevated river levels continuing for some time."

Jundah QFD

A road sign saying "Jundah" and "Quilpie" in front of a body of water in a country area.

"It is pretty unpredictable because we really have not a great idea of what sort of volume is up there — it's unprecedented,"
he said.

A boat on a creek tied to a post.

Flood waters lap into a police station.

A small plane in flood waters.

A band of cows on a slim strip of dirt surrounded by floodwater.

A helicopter.

"It's going to be absolutely terrible,"
he said.

An aerial shot of a severely flooded outback town.

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