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Major highway partly collapses as Australian floods worsen

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Townsville, Ingham , and Cardwell among the hardest hit areas in Australia 's north.

Parts of the Bruce Highway have been washed away, with sections washed away.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the disaster has bought out "the best of Australians " Flood warnings remain in place for areas along the Hebert, Ross , Bohle , Horton , and Upper Burdekin rivers.

Meteorologists say the area received six months of rainfall in three days .

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