NSW:Northern NSW towns to be hit with floods

AAP General News (Australia)
01-13-2011
NSW:Northern NSW towns to be hit with floods

By Lema Samandar

SYDNEY, Jan 13 AAP - Aboriginal elders are helping authorities encourage residents
to leave two NSW towns near the Queensland border threatened by record floods.

The mostly indigenous towns of Boggabilla (650 residents) and Toomelah (200 residents)
are expected to be inundated by the Macintyre River, which is predicted to peak at 3am
(AEDT) on Friday.

The peak has been revised upwards from 12.5 metres to a record 12.8 metres.

State Emergency Service (SES) spokesman Phil Campbell said most people had already
left …