Australia flooding 'biblical' scale - Asia-Pacific - Al Jazeera English
Australia flooding 'biblical' scale - Asia-Pacific - Al Jazeera English: "Australian authorities say flooding in the country's northeast is a disaster of 'biblical proportions'.
Up to 200,000 people have been affected by the floods, which have hurt the nation's lucrative mining industry and cut off major highways as the water rushes through sodden inland regions to the sea.
Floodwaters continued to rise in parts of the state of Queensland on Saturday. Some communities are likely to be cut off for more than a week.
'In many ways, it is a disaster of biblical proportions,' Andrew Fraser, the treasurer for the state of Queensland,
said in flood-hit Bundaberg on Saturday.
The entire population of two towns has already been forced to evacuate as water swamped their communities, cutting off roads and devastating crops.
The next city in the water's path - Rockhampton, near the coast - is bracing for flood levels forecast at 9.4m by Wednesday.
Rockhampton airport closed to commercial flights on Saturday as flood waters continued to take hold in the central Queensland city."
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Up to 200,000 people have been affected by the floods, which have hurt the nation's lucrative mining industry and cut off major highways as the water rushes through sodden inland regions to the sea.
Floodwaters continued to rise in parts of the state of Queensland on Saturday. Some communities are likely to be cut off for more than a week.
'In many ways, it is a disaster of biblical proportions,' Andrew Fraser, the treasurer for the state of Queensland, said in flood-hit Bundaberg on Saturday.The entire population of two towns has already been forced to evacuate as water swamped their communities, cutting off roads and devastating crops.
The next city in the water's path - Rockhampton, near the coast - is bracing for flood levels forecast at 9.4m by Wednesday.
Rockhampton airport closed to commercial flights on Saturday as flood waters continued to take hold in the central Queensland city."
:Text may be subject to copyright.This blog does not claim copyright to any such text. Copyright remains with the original copyright holder.
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