Man-made levee saves hamlet :
"'I have been told the residents stood on top of the levee last night cheering as the waters appeared to stop.
'There are about 100 people in the town, and 100 more in the outlying farmhouses; they are a very close-knit community and none of them have been airlifted out.'"
Just goes to show that blood is thicker than water. A great story of survival to come out of Cyclone Clare. Walkaway has 200 inhabitants and they worked to build a levee to save their town. Fantastic human resources story...man against the odds and elements. They protected their town but the water is receding slowly. Good on 'em!! Doesn't say how they built the levee.
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