Brisbane Reels From Flood Damage as Deaths Mount
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Brisbane is reeling from its worst flooding since 1974 after muddy water inundated about 15,000 properties, smashed roads and shuttered the city center.
The Brisbane River, which runs through the city, remained a fast-moving torrent of brown water filled with debris as the sun shone over Australia’s third-largest city today. Residents in tin boats made their way through riverside suburbs such as Yeronga and Milton in floodwaters which peaked today about a meter lower than had been forecast by authorities yesterday.