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Hospital evacuated as Australia hit by heavy flooding Heavy flooding in Australia caused by torrential rains has forced mass evacuations from towns along the country's east coast
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| Jan.28 |
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Australia battles floods in two states Australia is battling flooding in two states, as rescue teams worked to evacuate people from inundated areas
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| Jan.27 |
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Flooding hits eastern Australia Map of Bundaberg Queensland Australia| Three people have died and hundreds of homes are under water after heavy rain brought flooding to parts of the Australian state of Queensland | |
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| Jan.26 |
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State of Queensland braces for flooding The Australian state of Queensland is on alert for flooding in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Oswald
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| Mar.6 |
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La Nina to blame for Australian floods
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| Feb.6 |
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Australians urged to flee flooding Australian authorities pleaded with hundreds of people who had chosen to remain in a town in the path of rising flood waters to vacate their...
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| Feb.5 |
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Military aircraft dispatched in floods
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| Feb.3 |
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Queensland battles cyclone debris Australians have begin counting the cost of the worst storm in a century and have found one man dead amid huge swathes of destruction
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| Feb.2 |
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Queensland survives Cyclone Yasi Cyclone Yasi has battered the state of Queensland in north-eastern Australia, leaving a trail of destruction with no known deaths
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Powerful cyclone slams into Queensland Map of Cairns Australia More than 170,000 homes are without power after a massive cyclone slammed into the already flood-ravaged northern Australian state
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| Feb.1 |
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Evacuations urged ahead of Cyclone Yasi Map of Cairns Australia Officals are urging residents in parts of Queensland to flee ahead of the most dangerous storm ever predicted to hit the state
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Cyclone poses 'serious threat to life' A huge tropical cyclone has strengthened to a Category 5 and its landfall is 'likely to be more life threatening than any experienced'
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| Jan.31 |
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149-mph cyclone could hit Australia
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| Jan.17 |
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Toll climbs as search continues for missing
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| Jan.16 |
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Official: 'Homes and lives torn apart' Recovering from flooding in northeastern Australia will be a 'reconstruction task of post-war proportions,' a top official in Queensland state...
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| Jan.13 |
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Brisbane begins floods clean-up Australia's third largest city has begun to clean up mud and debris in some areas, as floodwaters begin to recede
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| Jan.12 |
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Brisbane flood levels reach peak Map of Brisbane Australia The city of Brisbane has woken to widespread flooding, although the peak level is a meter lower than feared
| Dozens of suburbs and thousands of properties are inundated.
The death toll went up to 15; dozens more reported missing.
In Brisbane a 24-year-old man was killed after being sucked into a storm water drain as he tried to check his father's property
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| Jan.11 |
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Flood fears worsen for Brisbane Up to 20,000 homes are now at risk in Brisbane as deadly floodwaters surge towards Australia's third-largest city
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Brisbane braces for flood surge
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| Jan.10 |
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Australia floods menace Brisbane Map of Brisbane Australia Police have urged the evacuation of parts of Brisbane - as the biggest floods in years approach the Queensland state capital
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8 dead, 70 missing in flash flood Map of Toowoomba Queensland Australia The number of people missing after flash floods swept cars off roads in the eastern Australian city of Toowoomba
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| Jan.8 |
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Australia's PM: Flooding expected to rise
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| Jan.5 |
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Massive flooding could continue for weeks
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| Jan.4 |
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City Rockhampton hitting flood peak Map of Rockhampton Queensland Australia| Flood preparations in the inundated Australian city of Rockhampton are being put to the test as river Fitzroy levels hit their peak | |
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Queensland braces for flood peak
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| Jan.3 |
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Australian floods 'to last weeks' Seasonal flooding had left thousands of people without homes and claimed nine lives across Queensland state
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| Jan.2 |
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Supplies flown to Queensland city Military aircraft are flying supplies into the Australian city of Rockhampton, where rising flood waters have cut off all but one access rou...
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Floods surge in Queensland city
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| Jan.1 |
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Australian flooding claims victim
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Australia facing 'biblical' flood A senior official has warned of the economic impact of flooding in Queensland, describing the disaster as one of 'biblical proportions'
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| Dec.31 |
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Queensland floods spur more evacuations
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| Dec.30 |
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PM praises flood-hit Australians
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| Dec.28 |
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Flood chaos forces mass evacuations North-eastern Australia's worst flooding in decades is continuing to cause chaos across the region
| 1,000 people have been evacuated, including the entire population of the town of Theodore.
The cost of the damage is expected to top AU$1bn, including losses of sunflower and cotton crops
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Cyclone makes landfall
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| Mar.13 |
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Australia declares oil spill disaster
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| Apr.19 |
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'Ghost yacht' found| Emergency services have launched a search for the 3-man crew of a yacht found drifting off the North Queensland coast | |
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| Mar.21 |
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Cyclone cleanup begins
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| Mar.19 |
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Massive cyclone hits Australia Tropical Cyclone Larry slammed into the northeastern coast, causing widespread power outages
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