Quotes of the Day

Signboards are partially submerged by floodwater in Bundaberg, Queensland December 31, 2010
Monday, Jan. 03, 2011

Open quoteIt's hard to make the call that the worst is behind us. I think we're in the middle of the event.Close quote

  • ALISTAIR DAWSON,
  • acting assistant police commissioner in Queensland, Australia, where a woman drowned on Sunday after trying to cross a causeway in the wake of relentless flooding
Photo: Daniel Munoz / Reuters | Source: New York Times