Major Evacuation Effort as River Flood Fears Rise

‘A one-in-100-year flood is really serious and we’re taking it incredibly seriously.’
Major Evacuation Effort as River Flood Fears Rise
Farm land is flooded near Bendigo, Australia, on Jan. 8, 2024. Diego Fedele/AAP Image via AP
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Residents in a remote Northern Territory fishing community will be evacuated over fears a major river will flood.

Emergency crews announced a partial evacuation had been ordered for Borroloola after modelling showed the McArthur River was now forecast to hit a peak of up to nearly three metres higher than first thought.