Footage from Queensland’s Polair show homes and businesses inundated by major flooding in the coastal city of Bundaberg after the Burnett River burst its banks in the wake of a tropical low. Locals were asked to leave immediately on Tuesday afternoon before the community’s two major bridges were closed, leaving about 10,000 people isolated.
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