Some residents of Burketown in Queensland’s Gulf Country have opted not to leave as instructed, as the town’s sewerage was compromised and power cut by rising floodwaters. As the flood crisis ...

We're in Queensland's Gulf Country, copping an eyeful of the extraordinary landscape separating tiny Moungibi (Burketown) from the Gulf of Carpentaria.

On Thursday a tropical cyclone ‘watch now’ alert was issued for communities in Queensland’s Gulf Country, the Bureau of Meteorology has warned with areas west of Burketown in the firing line.

Residents of Burketown help others move their belongings ... operating on limited basic goods and government support. The Gulf Development Road at the Norman River at Normanton has been cut ...

The flood, triggered by heavy rain over the past week, is worst in the remote Gulf Country town of Burketown, about 2,100km north-west of state capital Brisbane. Mr Dan McKinlay, chief executive ...

Groceries and medicines being unloaded for Gulf, including Doomadgee and Burketown, earlier in the ... locals who have also chosen to remain on country during the weather event.

Crocs and bull sharks swimming through flooded Burke Shire streets are among a raft of concerns for mayor Ernie Camp, as Burketown residents ... support. The Gulf Development Road at the Norman ...