Residents in Queensland's Burketown evacuated amid record floods Residents in Queensland's Gulf of Carpentaria communities are bracing themselves for severe floods, with the water levels forecast to peak on Sunday.

Police urged all residents of a remote Australian town to evacuate, warning that record-high floodwaters were expected to rise further over the weekend.Residents in Queensland's Burketown evacuated amid record floods acing themselves for severe floods, with the water levels forecast to peak on Sunday.

Police urged all residents of a remote Australian town to evacuate, warning that record-high floodwaters were expected to rise further over the weekend.Police urged all residents of a remote Australian town to evacuate, warning that record-high floodwaters were expected to rise further over the weekend.Residents in Queensland's Burketown evacuated amid record floods

Helicopters and other airplane have proactively flown out 53 of the most weak occupants of Burketown, home to around 200 individuals in northeastern Australia, the specialists 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.Police urged all residents of a remote Australian town to evacuate, warning that record-high floodwaters were expected to rise further over the weekend.Residents in Queensland's Burketown evacuated amid record floods

Dim water lapped along the edges of structures and changed wide areas of land into lakes, with just the highest points of trees noticeable, TV pictures of the Queensland town showed.

The old and small kids were vital for clearing, they said, adding that sewerage frameworks had been "split the difference" and power would be removed later in the day.

"It isn't protected to remain," police said. Queensland Police discharge vision of flooding in Burketown