Article 6H884 Residents of flooded north Queensland town Wujal Wujal arrive in Cooktown as evacuation efforts continue

Residents of flooded north Queensland town Wujal Wujal arrive in Cooktown as evacuation efforts continue

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Henry Belot and Australian Associated Press
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Military evacuates 20 people to Cooktown as some residents of flooded Indigenous community choose to remain

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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