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Barrett808 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-11 10:54 PM
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Video: Deadly Australia floods spark evacuations in Brisbane – ‘A grim and desperate situation’
Tsunami-like flash floods raced toward Australia's third-largest city of Brisbane on Tuesday, prompting evacuations of its outskirts, flood warnings for the financial district and predictions that the death toll is likely to climb.

The worst flooding in the coal-exporting state of Queensland in half a century has killed 12, but that number is expected to rise, state premier Anna Bligh said in Brisbane, a city of two million people near the mouth of a large river.

"We have a grim and desperate situation," Bligh told a news conference, adding that the flood threat to state capital Brisbane would peak on Wednesday or Thursday. ...

Video: Deadly Australia floods spark evacuations in Brisbane – ‘A grim and desperate situation’
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AnnieBW Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-11 11:05 PM
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1. Oh, man...
We were in Brisbane 2 years ago. Lovely city. It was our favorite place of our three destinations. Heck, we've even thought of moving there if the crazy gets too bad in the country.

Our prayers go out to the warm, friendly Brisbaners.
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dhill926 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-10-11 11:07 PM
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2. agreed.....
there about 10 years ago. Great folks. Wishing them the best.
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