Heavy Flooding in Northeastern Australia

ZHANG:
In Australia, residents in northeastern Queensland continue cleaning up today after devastating floods. Heavy rain since Monday has seen many towns virtually submerged and thousands of homes have been declared flood affected.

STORY:
Although rain subsided on Wednesday the fourth after tropical cyclone Ellie passed through, the water level remained high in low-lying towns in northeast Australia, with many towns virtually underwater.

62 percent of the more than one million square kilometers of Queensland is still a declared disaster zone.

Thousands of homes have been declared flood-affected and the damage bill is around $70 million U.S. dollars.

In Ingham, one of the worst hit towns, residents are pitching in to help each other clean up after the deluge.

One local resident who was glad a group of men had given up their beer to help her clean up the damage in her home.

[Local Resident]:
"Everybody pitches in and helps and they were on the way to the pub."

[Local Resident]:
"You always chuck your hand in there, it doesn't hurt."

Queensland premier Anna Bligh toured Ingham today and says many transport routes were still cut off from the rain, leaving residents relying on boats to get around.

[Anna Bligh, Queensland Premier]:
"Currently the road is still cut, the rail is cut, and it's likely to be several days before we can get full transport links reopened but we do have a monsoonal trough sitting off the coast and no-one is out of the woods yet we might see a lot more rain before this is over."

The flooding started last December, and has continued, being fed by a series of rain depressions and a cyclone. A low depression off the coast is currently threatening to form into a cyclone, bringing even more rain.

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[benjaminjamesrodda]

Was that Text-To-Speech?

[CrazedLostFan]

gods judgement? no this is proof that the Illuminati are about to complete there final steps of their new world order... open your eyes! Take a look at the facts with an open mind. The flooding's in Australia is just the start of what we will see in the next year. Along with that, Brazil is having unbelievable floods as well. 49 of the 50 states in the U.S have snow on them! now the media is saying an "Arkstorm" is soon to hit and flood California's valley. we are going into an Ice Age. research

[jadenkidd1]

wow thats one big flood :)



[edwina22]

@Yowtowberr Fuckinell the truth hurts dont it. Such a wonderful country lol how many points do you need to get out lol. Hey mate you wanna buy a boat?

[aussiemum1000]

@edwina22 fuck of you troll bitch.

[soledejay2000]

This are all the sign of judgementday(qayamat). it is coming very soon. it says in Quran that before judgementday is coming we will face a lot of natural disaster like floods, earth quacqe,Gay and lesbian,fighting each other,there is no peace on anywhere.May allah bless all of us.

[Patriotism1000]

After posting two video clips from the Queensland Flooding,, Here is what Australias best FRIENDS THE GAYREEkS - GREEKS think and commented about multiple life loses and the disastrous flooding in Queensland ,,,Dimitris Ethnikos January 12 at 11:45pm Report

nice rain...its an ocasion for you to have a shower

[Yowtowberr]

@edwina22 fuck off you maggot.

[edwina22]

@aussiemum1000  So you dont have abbo fiends then. Just a figment of your imagination. A country built on blood and convicts. Reap it.

[aussiemum1000]

@edwina22 you are one major ingnorant bitch - i have aboriginal friends - last time i looked they were imaginary.