00:00 Record-breaking rain from ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper has begun to slow, but rising floodwaters have forced the mass evacuation of the Indigenous community of Wujal Wujal. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE
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3:25 Kristy Sexton-McGrath reports from Cairns on the lack of clean drinking water in Cairns and the latest from the flood scene.
5:23 Jenny Woodward explains why ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper has lingered for so long causing record-breaking rain.
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