Queensland Floods

[Rodri]

The death toll from the Brazillian floods and mudslides has now topped 500 and more than 1 million people have been forced out of their homes in Sri Lanka after a week of monsoonal dowpour. Forgive my failure to mention Sri Lanka earlier but media focus here is on local events at the detriment of world events.

Some good news locally is that the town of Goondiwindi is breathing a sigh of relief as river levels have started to drop from a high of 10.5m and will not top the town levee banks which stand at 11m. Some flooding of low lying surrounding areas and the town of Bogabilla is occuring currently. Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced further troops will be sent to aid with flood relief and recovery in Queensland, bringing the total number of armed forces personnel involved to 2400.

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The forces of nature are mighty and vast and can be terrible to behold but they are the same forces that sustain and nurture us and all other life. We must understand and accept that.

[EDIT] Flood poses no risk to (Qld) beer supplies! [/EDIT]