Amazing youtube of Australia flooding
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Amazing youtube of Australia flooding
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYUpkPTcqPY[/youtube]
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Re: Amazing youtube of Australia flooding-updates
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Situation Update No. 27
Posted:2010-12-26, 09:47:52 [UTC]
Ref.no.: FF-20101226-28953-AUS
Situation Update No. 27
On 2011-01-13 at 04:27:52 [UTC]
Event: Flash Flood
Location: Australia State of Queensland Queensland-wide
Number of Deads: 20 person(s)
Number of Missing: 72 person(s)
Situation:
More than 30,000 homes in Brisbane are expected to be flooded on Thursday – and at least 13 people are dead, with dozens still missing – after a huge surge of water hit Australia’s third largest city. Water levels reached a 4.5metre (15ft) peak at 4am local time, lower than feared, as the worst deluge since 1974 poured through neighbourhoods. ‘This is still a major event, the city is much bigger, much more populated and has many parts under flood that didn’t even exist in 1974,’ Queensland premier Anna Bligh said. ‘We are still looking at an event which will cripple parts of our city. Brisbane will go to sleep tonight and wake up to scenes that many have never seen anything like in their lives.’ Resourceful citizens took to kayaks, rowboats and even surfboards as the floods that have devastated the state in recent weeks forced the Brisbane River to burst its banks. The flood water, which reached the tops of traffic lights in the city’s business district, overwhelmed a dam built to protect Brisbane after the 1974 deluge. City officials opened the floodgates to prevent a greater disaster, which contributed to the downtown deluge. The clean-up bill is expected to exceed £3billion – and food prices are expected to skyrocket, as thousands of acres of crops were wiped out. More than 70,000 homes across Queensland are without power, as suppliers switched off electricity as a precaution against electrocution. Water levels will likely stay at their present peak until Saturday, said officials – but they warned many people will still not be able to return home for days or weeks after that.
Situation Update No. 27
Posted:2010-12-26, 09:47:52 [UTC]
Ref.no.: FF-20101226-28953-AUS
Situation Update No. 27
On 2011-01-13 at 04:27:52 [UTC]
Event: Flash Flood
Location: Australia State of Queensland Queensland-wide
Number of Deads: 20 person(s)
Number of Missing: 72 person(s)
Situation:
More than 30,000 homes in Brisbane are expected to be flooded on Thursday – and at least 13 people are dead, with dozens still missing – after a huge surge of water hit Australia’s third largest city. Water levels reached a 4.5metre (15ft) peak at 4am local time, lower than feared, as the worst deluge since 1974 poured through neighbourhoods. ‘This is still a major event, the city is much bigger, much more populated and has many parts under flood that didn’t even exist in 1974,’ Queensland premier Anna Bligh said. ‘We are still looking at an event which will cripple parts of our city. Brisbane will go to sleep tonight and wake up to scenes that many have never seen anything like in their lives.’ Resourceful citizens took to kayaks, rowboats and even surfboards as the floods that have devastated the state in recent weeks forced the Brisbane River to burst its banks. The flood water, which reached the tops of traffic lights in the city’s business district, overwhelmed a dam built to protect Brisbane after the 1974 deluge. City officials opened the floodgates to prevent a greater disaster, which contributed to the downtown deluge. The clean-up bill is expected to exceed £3billion – and food prices are expected to skyrocket, as thousands of acres of crops were wiped out. More than 70,000 homes across Queensland are without power, as suppliers switched off electricity as a precaution against electrocution. Water levels will likely stay at their present peak until Saturday, said officials – but they warned many people will still not be able to return home for days or weeks after that.
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