Floods Wreak Havoc in Australia

ANCHOR:
Heavy rains are coming down in Australia today. Six people have been rescued from rising floodwaters in the country's northeast after flash flooding hit the region.

STORY:
Brisbane received 70 millimeters of rain throughout the day. Cars there were brought to a standstill as floodwaters caused traffic jams in the central business district. 150 millimeters of rain fell in the Sunshine Coast, north of Brisbane overnight, and many homes and businesses were flooded.

The rain caused several vehicle crashes. Two truck drivers were lucky to be alive after their vehicle was hit by a tree and collided head-on with another car.

[Sr. Sgt. Mal Scott, Queensland Police Officer]:
"There wasn't much he could do, he just had to basically plough into the large tree, he basically ripped the front of his truck off and he collided with the other truck."

Four female Dutch backpackers were also rescued from the roof of their car near Noosa, after water started to seep into the car and forced them to climb out of the windows.

[Dutch Tourtist, Noosa]: (DO NOT TITLE BAR)
"We've seen many water on the roads and stuff so we thought we can get this, yeah we can get through and suddenly all the water was starting to come in the car and it was getting higher and higher and then we wanted to reverse, at that point we started to float."

The women escaped injury but only had enough time to retrieve their passports and bikinis from the car before it became submerged.

Emergency Service workers have received more than 300 calls for help. Roads are also being sandbagged to avoid further flooding.

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• ntd
• floods
• havoc
• australia
• rain
• brisbane

[mofire9999]

is this 2012 ..someone explain because crazy stuff going on around the world ..lol not tryin be funny but are they any ark been built in china..

[xingwei12]

@lromeroyt You may not have the luxury of choice any more,to many hateful people make up this world full of greed and judgment , Those with love and light and a pure soul know they are a few that will survive, If not im sorry the earth must be cleansed ,a new species will form.No dates will be given its in gods hands now.

[lromeroyt]

* The Earth will survive ...with or without us, humans. It is up to us if want to stay in.

[bwstripessam]

Go Doonan, Noosa is full of silly backpakers, LOL.

[usergently]

Watch out for crocs!

[aevrossen]

haha  het zou je maar gebeuren!