Flooding in Australia Spreads

Australia Floods
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Streets of Water
The flooding began in late December 2010, when vast portions of Queensland, Australia, were drenched by heavy rains. Particularly hard hit was the town of Rockhampton, above, which was completely stranded, with no airport, rail or road contact with the outside world.

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