200,000 Australians affected by floods covering larger area than France and Germany

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An entire small industry is submerged outside Ipswich, west of Brisbane, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011. Emergency sirens blared across Australia's third-largest city Wednesday as floodwaters that have torn a deadly path across the northeast poured into an empty downtown, swamping neighborhoods in what may be Brisbane's worst flooding in 100 years.​

 

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A main road is submerged outside Ipswich, west of Brisbane, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011.​

 

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The statue of Queensland's famous former Rugby League star Wally Lewis fitted out with water wings, scuba mask and snorkel is seen outside the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane Australia, Wednesday Jan. 12, 2011, The stadium was flooded Wednesday as the rising Brisbane River hit the inner-city​

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Kangaroos are seen in the bushes after Charlie's Creek reached it's peak for a second time on January 12, 2011 in Chinchilla, Australia.​

 

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Road signs are seen under flood water after Charlie's Creek reached it's peak for a second time on January 12, 2011 in Chinchilla, Australia.​

 

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Displaced residents choose a dessert at an evacuation centre as rising flood waters inundate Brisbane on January 12, 2011.​

 

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Displaced residents look through piles of donated clothing at an evacuation centre as rising flood waters inundate Brisbane on January 12, 2011.​

 

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Two sightseers stand on a flooded street in Brisbane January 12, 2011.​

 

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Two cyclists ride along a flooded street in Brisbane January 12, 2011.​

 

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The playing field of Suncorp Stadium is shown covered in flood water on January 13, 2011 in Brisbane, Australia.​

 

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An aerial view of floodwaters in the Brisbane CBD area on January 13, 2011 in Brisbane, Australia.

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THis aerial photograph shows the iconic Suncorp Stadium (C) filled with the murky waters of the Brisbane River as flood waters devastate much of Brisbane on January 13, 2011. Australia's third-largest city awoke to a 'war zone' with whole suburbs under water and infrastructure smashed as the worst flood in decades caused wide destruction. The death toll from the latest deluge stands at 15.​

 

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Flood water surrounds The Wheel in the suburb of South Bank on January 13, 2011 in Brisbane, Australia. The Brisbane river peaked at 4.46 metres today - a metre less than the historic floods of 1974 that devastated the region.​

 

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This aerial photograph shows luxury apartment blocks rising out of the murky waters of the Brisbane River as flood waters devastate much of Brisbane on January 13, 2011​

 

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This aerial photograph shows tennis courts submerged by the Brisbane River as flood waters devastate much of Brisbane on January 13, 2011.​

 

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This aerial image shows submerged cars for sale as flood waters devastate much of Brisbane on January 13, 2011.​

 

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This aerial photograph shows industrial flotsam forming a deadly logjam in the Brisbane River as flood waters devastate much of Brisbane on January 13, 2011​