Storms hit flood-weary Queensland

New thunderstorms brought more pounding rains to a waterlogged coastal community in northeastern Australia on Thursday, as the mayor of one city said it could take a year to fully recover from the worst flooding in decades. The good news for the nearly 200,000 exhausted flood victims is that the crisis finally appeared to be easing. Despite the fresh rains, an overflowing river in the inundated city of Rockhampton began slowly receding Thursday. The swollen Fitzroy River has spilled onto 3,000 properties throughout the city, leaving 200 homes with muddy water above the floorboards. Four thousand people across Queensland have been evacuated from their homes since pounding rains that began…

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Storms hit flood-weary Queensland

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