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Flooding in Queensland and NSW could isolate communities for weeks

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The worst flooding seen in south-western Queensland in more than 50 years, is now affecting a vast area, described as "double the size of Victoria." The small towns of Eulo and Thargomindah among the worst hit. Over the New South Wales border remote communities in the far north-west are on alert, with some areas told to prepare for potential weeks of isolation.
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