Queensland clean-up will be on 'postwar' scale

Irish Times Thursday 13th January, 2011

Montague Road in the Brisbane suburb of West End yesterday, after the Brisbane river peaked at 4.46m. Just under 12,000 homes and 2,500 businesses have been flooded in the city this week, with another 14,700 houses and 2,500 businesses partially covered. The Queensland death toll has reached 15.Photograph: Marc Grimwade

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