Australia flooding affects 200,000 people

[Harry Hope]

Source: Associated Press


Australia flooding affects 200,000 people

The flood zone now stretches over an area bigger than France and Germany combined

BRISBANE, Australia —

More than 200,000 people have been affected by relentless flooding in northeast Australia, with the flood zone now stretching over an area bigger than France and Germany combined, officials said Friday.

Thousands of homes and businesses across Queensland state have been inundated with water after days of pounding rain caused swollen rivers to overflow. The entire population of two towns was forced to evacuate as water swamped their communities, cutting off roads and devastating crops.



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[msongs]

1. dont hear much about the drought there anymore but it is sad too much at once nt

[timo]

2. that sucks!!

will there be looting and shooting??

[kestrel91316]

3. You mean like when the cops shot and killed black people trying to evacuate themselves

from New Orleans during Katrina (on that bridge to Algiers)?

Probably not.

[timo]

4. yuppers

and all the other dysfunctional ass behavior that went along with it, like looting stores for big screens and lap tops and tennis shoes as well as total misconduct by ass hat cops, all that and much more...my guess is NO there wont be any of that nonsense!!

[grahamhgreen]

5. global warming. nt