Burketown

The bureau of meteorology was forecasting heavy rainfalls on Saturday, downgrading an earlier severe thunderstorm warning. The continued falls follow weeks of ...

The bureau said the Doomadgee township had already experienced a major record river level of 8.54m on Friday morning. Further showers and thunderstorms are forecast for the remainder of Saturday, however widespread rainfall has generally eased in the area,” the bureau said. The safety of our community members is paramount and we strongly encourage residents to evacuate.” The bureau of meteorology was forecasting heavy rainfalls on Saturday, downgrading an earlier severe thunderstorm warning. “At the moment the water movements are unpredictable and are rising at a rapid rate. “Waters are continuing to rise in the Burketown community and surrounding shire,” the council said.

Burke Shire Council has issued an Emergency Alert (Emergency Warning) to residents in Burketown. It advises that all remaining residents should leave ...

A broad swathe of Queensland is being warned about the threat of thunderstorms as the northwest grapples with its worst floods in years.

Wappa Dam on the South Maroochy River was spilling on Saturday morning. Seqwater said releases from the Somerset Dam into the Wivenhoe Dam on the Upper Brisbane River were possible due to forecast rainfall. A severe thunderstorm warning in the Capricornia district was cancelled on Saturday morning after Yeppoon copped 100mm in the hour to 4.11am, and 215mm across the night. It’s expected to bring scattered to widespread showers and isolated thunderstorms to the central and southern districts, with a one-in-four chance Brisbane will receive 60mm. The Albert River at Burketown has already surpassed the record 6.78m flood of 2011, and the Bureau of Meteorology says waters in the Gulf of Carpentaria community will likely reach their highest on Sunday. [A northwest Queensland](https://7news.com.au/news/qld) town is waiting for its [worst-ever floods to peak](https://7news.com.au/weather/severe-weather), with multiple communities and outlying cattle properties isolated as possible heavy falls put the state’s west and south at risk of flash floods.

An aerial view of flood waters over Burketown, Queensland. The northwest Queensland town of Burketown is waiting for its worst-ever floods to peak on Sunday.

"We are strongly urging all remaining residents to leave the community of Burketown as soon as possible," Queensland police said in a statement posted on social media. Helicopters and other aircraft have already flown out 53 of the most vulnerable residents of Burketown, home to about 200 people in northeastern Australia, the authorities said. Police urged all residents of a remote Australian town to evacuate, warning that record-high floodwaters were expected to rise further over the weekend.

Burke Shire Council has issued another Emergency Alert (Emergency Warning) for Burketown advising that Queensland Police strongly urge all remaining ...

A major flood warning has been issued for Burketown in north-west Queensland as residents in the state's s...

"However, storms are possible in Brisbane on both Saturday and Sunday, so be sure to stay up to date with the latest warnings across the weekend." [Gold Coast](https://www.9news.com.au/gold-coast)and [Brisbane](https://www.9news.com.au/brisbane), with slightly less expected to fall on the Sunshine Coast today. The north-west flooding comes as tropical low moves across the state's north-west, which is expected to bring heavy rain and storms for the state's south on both Saturday and Sunday. Up to 70mm of rain is expected to fall in [flood](https://www.9news.com.au/floods)warning has been issued for Burketown in north-west [Queensland](https://www.9news.com.au/queensland)as residents in the state's south-east are smashed with rain this weekend. "Further showers and thunderstorms are forecast for the remainder of Saturday, however widespread rainfall has generally eased in the area," the Bureau of Meteorology said.

Burketown residents are fleeing water-logged homes, while emergency services warn of power cuts and sewage backflows.

“The Seqwater Flood Operations Centre has moved to the alert activation level due to the weather forecast,” the dam operator said. “Sewerage to the town has been compromised and power to the town will be cut off today,” police said. “If we get to the stage where we are having to shift and move people to rooftops, that makes a whole different level of complexity.

Residents of Burketown in northwest Queensland face an anxious wait as murky water slowly floods their community ahead of an expected peak.

A severe thunderstorm warning in the Capricornia district was cancelled on Saturday morning after Yeppoon copped 100mm in the hour to 4.11am, and 215mm across the night. “If we get to the stage where we are having to shift and move people to rooftops, that makes a whole different level of complexity. Footage taken from a helicopter above the flood zone on Saturday showed the town and surrounding areas were already flooded.