The main highway connecting Western Australia and the Northern Territory was closed due to flooding caused by heavy rains in rivers and on roadways. Due to the flooding of homes and essential services, around 700 people were initially displaced from numerous towns in the Northern Territory; 300 of these people were affected for more than a month. Record-breaking flooding in northwest Queensland led to evacuations and severely inundated numerous rural residences as well as certain towns, including Burketown, Urandangi, and Camooweal. The media covered the enormous road and property damage, as well as the massive cattle losses, that occurred in the area.
