Residents of flooded north Queensland town Wujal Wujal arrive in Cooktown as evacuation efforts continue
by Henry Belot and Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6H884)
Military evacuates 20 people to Cooktown as some residents of flooded Indigenous community choose to remain
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Wujal Wujal residents have arrived in Cooktown, as evacuation efforts from the flood hit Aboriginal community continue.
The Cook Shire mayor, Peter Scott, said there was a sense of relief among the 20 who arrived at the evacuation centre in Cooktown, 70km north of Wujal Wujal, on Tuesday.
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