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A pickup truck drives through a flooded street near the Wimmera River, on January 17, 2011 in Horsham, Australia. Residents and emergency crews sandbagged properties and evacuations were ordered in the town in preparation for the worst flooding in over 200 years. A relief centre has been set-up in at Horsham Town Hall and emergency crews are on-site as the Wimmera River water level continues to rise.​

 

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Children unable to gain access to a playground near the Wimmera river on January 17, 2011 in Horsham, Australia.​

 

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A Picnic table as Wimmera river rises, on January 17, 2011 in Horsham, Australia.​

 

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Onlookers stare at a flooded street near the Wimmera River on January 17, 2011 in Horsham, Australia.​

 

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Volunteers pack sandbags to protect property near the Wimmera River on January 17, 2011 in Horsham, Australia.​

 

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Volunteers pack sandbags to protect property near the Wimmera River on January 17, 2011 in Horsham, Australia.​

 

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Seen is the entrance to the evacuation centre at the Central Queensland University on January 17, 2011 in Rockhampton, Australia.​

 

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Ray Johnston, a Rockhampton resident of the suburb Depot Hill, sits in the Evacuation Centre on January 17, 2011 in Rockhampton, Australia. He has been in the centre since New Years Day.​

 

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Rising flood waters start to engulf roads in the Victorian town of Horsham on January 17, 2011. Anxious residents of towns in southern Australia braced for once-in-200-year floods, as the government said the rolling flood crisis was its costliest natural disaster ever. The hub of Horsham, which lies about 300 kilometres (187 miles) northwest of the Victorian state capital Melbourne, is expected to be one of the worst-hit towns in the region, where more than 40 villages have already been affected.​

 

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State Emergency Services staff patrol in the rising flood water in the Victorian town of Horsham on January 17, 2011.​

 

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Hugo Papst is towed by his brother as he surfs rising flood water in the Victorian town of Horsham on January 17, 2011.​

 

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Thousands of large worms race to higher ground on the banks of the wimmera river, on January 17, 2011 in Horsham, Australia. Residents and emergency crews sandbagged properties and evacuations were ordered in the town in preparation for the worst flooding in over 200 years. A relief centre has been set-up in at Horsham Town Hall and emergency crews are on-site as the Wimmera River water level continues to rise.​

 

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A pickup truck drives through a flooded street near the Wimmera River, on January 17, 2011 in Horsham, Australia.​

 

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Local Horsham kids navigate through a flooded street on January 18, 2011 in Horsham, Australia.​

 

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Dog plays in flooded yard as residents start pumping water from property on January 18, 2011 in Horsham, Australia. The Victorian floods have so far claimed one life, with the body of a missing seven-year-old boy believed to be found earlier today.​

 

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Michael and Noah Collins-Clarke sit in a toy boat in a flooded public park on January 18, 2011 in Horsham, Australia.​

 

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Streets and homes close to Wimmera river begin flooding on January 18, 2011 in Horsham, Australia.​