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Great Barrier Reef tested for flood damage

By AG Staff with AAP • 19 January 2011

A NASA satellite shows a muddy plume heading for the GBR from the Burdekin River on 4 Jan (Photo: NASA/Norman Kuring).

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Authorities are monitoring for tell-tale signs of damage as muddy flood plumes smother 10% of the GBR.

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