‘A disaster of biblical proportions’
The floods devastating a vast area of Australia were last night predicted to worsen with the threat of fresh heavy rainfall, as thousands of people flee their homes and the authorities fight a disaster of “biblical proportions”. A woman swept away while trying to cross one of dozens of swollen rivers in Queensland became the latest of what is thought to be eight victims of the deluge. It has put an area the size of France and Germany combined under water and affected 200,000 people in Australia’s third-most-populous state. So far, 22 towns have been inundated. The coastal town of Rockhampton, some 300 miles north of Brisbane and home to 75,000 people, was the focus of an emergency operation…
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‘A disaster of biblical proportions’
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