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'Heartbreaking' floods swamp Australia's cattle country

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Swollen rivers burst their banks after unusually heavy downpours last week over outback Queensland .

Officials said more than 100,000 livestock had been swept away, were missing, or drowned.

Flood waters stretched some 500,000 square kilometers ( 190,000 sq km ) across sparsely populated western Queensland .

Fire department used helicopters to drop bales of fodder near surviving animals cut off from food.

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