Thursday, March 8, 2012

Australia East Coast: Rains, Floods and Evacuations

The Murrumbidgee River is rising and threatening to breech levy banks and flood the city. A view of North Wagga
showing houses under more than a metre of water. Picture: Brad Newman Source Daily Telegraph
The flood crisis gripping huge swaths of the eastern states was likely to last for weeks, emergency services warned yesterday as evacuations continued for thousands of residents and consumers were told to brace for fruit and vegetable price hikes.

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