helicopters were used to take residents to safety. By the time the flood peaked, every building in the town had flooded except for one — the police station.
Three hundred people were airlifted out of Theodore during one of Queensland's largest ever evacuation efforts. "All the old fellas were saying 'we'll be right, we'll be right, it won't flood too much at all'," Theodore resident Banana Shire Mayor told 9News.The Dawson River eventually peaked at 14.7 metres, with residents unable to return until 12 days later.
Firefighters and train drivers helped clean the mud from houses, with food and clothes donated from across the state.
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