Australia says economic cost of floods to top other disasters

Floods devastating huge areas of Australia’s eastern seaboard, including the nation’s third-largest city, look set to be the costliest natural disaster ever in a country known for climatic extremes, Treasurer Wayne Swan said on Monday. The floods in the major resource state of Queensland, which have swept through an area the size of South Africa, and overnight in 46 towns in Victoria state would not delay a promised return to... [more]

Water begins flooding Horsham streets Victoria : Australia

WATER has begun creeping through the streets of Horsham as the Wimmera River swells toward a peak that is expected to cause the worst floods in the Victorian town’s history. An evacuation warning has been issued for Horsham as streets on the north and south side of the Wimmera had minor flooding by 4pm (AEDT) today, while some local roads were already closed. Residents in more than 100 Horsham homes received emergency alerts earlier... [more]

Australia floods sweep south, trail of disaster grows

Australian floods wreaked fresh havoc on rural communities in the south on Sunday, leaving a trail of destruction across four states, at least 17 dead and the prospect of reconstruction of historic proportions. As tens of thousands of people in flood-stricken towns and cities in the north worked to clean out their homes and offices, heavy rains and floods meted out fresh disaster in southern Victoria state, the nation’s second most... [more]

Regional Queensland cities in flood recovery mode

AFTER spending a fortnight under siege from swollen rivers, several of Queensland’s largest regional centres are finally on the road to recovery. Residents at Rockhampton, Bundaberg, Gympie and Maryborough have returned to homes damaged by the floods and have begun the long and trying clean-up process. Floodwaters are still receding at Rockhampton, almost two weeks after the Fitzroy River peaked at 9.2 metres, and many affected residents... [more]

Wild floods hit thousands more Australian homes

Australia’s flood crisis shifted to the country’s far south on Sunday, with 13,000 homes swamped by a record deluge as the toll mounted in the reeling northeast amid scenes of devastation. Dozens of towns braced for unprecedented river levels in Victoria state, where 13,000 homes were under water and 3,000 people had fled the rising waters, days after the flooding emergency peaked in northeastern Queensland. Homes were swamped... [more]

UN to call for aid to help Sri Lanka flood victims

The United Nations said Saturday it will appeal for emergency flood aid for Sri Lanka, where 32 people have died, hundreds of thousands are homeless and vast rice fields ready to be harvested are now under water. Flooding in the rice fields has disrupted livelihoods of many in the eastern region hardest hit after the heavy rains. The U.N. will issue an appeal in the coming days for money to help replant the fields and compensate people affected,... [more]

Rome to pray for flood victims

ROME will hold a special public mass to pray for flood victims across Australia, our ambassador to the Holy See says. The Caravita Oratory in Rome was also the place where priests held a similar mass in 2009 for the Black Saturday fire victims of Victoria. Brisbane-born Canon David Richardson, the director of the Anglican Centre, will join several Caravita community Catholic priests to concelebrate and pray for the flood victims. “There... [more]

Brazil mudslides survivors angry at lack of help

Survivors of mudslides that killed more than 500 people are growing frustrated, saying Brazil’s government has fallen short in rescuing victims still stranded on remote hillsides and finding the bodies of the dead. On the fourth night since torrential rains sent avalanches of mud and boulders smashing through communities in the lush mountains outside Rio de Janeiro, many people were still begging officials for aid late Friday. Many... [more]

Volunteer army cleans up as Australian floods spread

An army of volunteers has turned out to clean up Australia’s third-largest city Brisbane after epic floods, as towns were evacuated in the country’s south amid the rolling disaster. Just as stricken areas in and around the eastern hub of Brisbane began the mammoth task of recovering from floods that killed at least 16, thousands of residents of southern Victoria state were forced to flee fast-rising waters. Prime Minister Julia... [more]

Brisbane a ‘war zone’ as huge flood smashes city

Australia’s third-largest city Brisbane resembled a “war zone” Thursday with whole suburbs under water and infrastructure smashed as the worst flood in decades hit 30,000 properties. Shocked evacuees surveyed the damage after floods that have swept eastern Australia peaked about a metre (three feet) below feared levels around dawn, sparing thousands more properties in the besieged river city. Queensland’s tearful... [more]

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