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INSANE: Rising flood water in north west queensland causing logistical nightmare for emergency services | Rare Historical Photos

Aerial footage of the Gulf of Carpentaria in flood (Supplied: Jack Clarke)

Supplies are being flown, trucked and shipped thousands of kilometres across Queensland to service remote communities in the Gulf of Carpentaria that have been isolated by floodwater for the last three months.

Operations have ramped up over the last week after a monsoon trough battered the already saturated region with record-breaking rainfall in the north west.

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