Floodwaters Pound Australia and Threaten the Great Barrier Reef

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By Andrew Moseman
Jan 11, 2011 9:41 PMNov 20, 2019 4:05 AM

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The flooding created by enormous downpours near Brisbane in eastern Australia shows no signs of abating, and that region is now bracing for things to go from bad to worse. Heavy rains pounded Brisbane's region, called Queensland, in December. And things really started to get bad yesterday, when flooding caused by the constant rain sent a wall of water—evocatively being called an "inland tsunami"—crashing through the nearby town of Toowoomba. Brisbane, which is Australia's third-largest city at about two million people, in next in the crosshairs.

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