FED:River recedes slowly at Emerald

AAP General News (Australia)
01-01-2011
FED:River recedes slowly at Emerald

BRISBANE, Jan 1 AAP - Central Highlands Mayor Peter Maguire says some Emerald residents
may return to their homes on Saturday afternoon after the Nogoa River receded slightly.

Mr Maguire told AAP the river, which peaked at 16 metres, had dropped to 15.7 metres
on Saturday morning.

He said that at best an aerial shot of the entire Central Highlands region showed 1000
homes had been inundated while another 3000 homes had been affected by water.

"We've only worked that out by taking aerial shots," Mr Maguire said.

"There may be more homes …