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'Best rain in 30 years' in parts of SW Queensland
Story Added : 09th February 2010
Updated: 1 minute ago
Roads are cut in parts of south-west Queensland and rivers are rising, following more big rain.
Quilpie mayor David Edwards says he recorded almost 70 millimetres yesterday, and there are reports of falls of up to 140 millimetres around Cooladdi (kooh-LAD-dee) west of Charleville.
He says it's the best outlook for the region for 30 years.
"I feel that this is probably the best early summer - and by early summer I mean November, December, January and now into February - since 1976, by a long way," he says.
"The main connection east to Charleville is cut at Cooladdi - the Paroo - and also at Beechil Creek."
Story Added by ABC.
Date Added : 09th February 2010
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