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Brisbane besieged by once-in-a-century floodsBrisbane, Australia (AFP) Jan 12, 2011 Australia's third-biggest city Brisbane was besieged Wednesday by once-in-a-century floods that could hit more than 30,000 homes, as the death toll in raging torrents rose to 12. Thousands of people fled to higher ground and Brisbane's centre was a "ghost town" as the river city of two million battened down for its worst deluge since 1893, as deadly floods inundate vast areas of Australia's northeast. Power was cut to tens of thousands of premises and some residents headed to evacuation centres ... read more |
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