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- 75% of Queensland is underwater.

From magikalrhiannon:

Just to put into perspective... The land mass of the state of Queensland is 1,852,642km sq or 715,309 miles sq. 75% of this is currently flooded and under water. That's 536,481 sq miles.

To put this in perspective, you have to add the land masses of the states of Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, and ( Read more... )

I urge you all to register with The Early Warning Network.

How's everyone going? Is everybody safe?

This video was taken in Toowoomba yesterday. Toowoomba is around 700 metres (2,300 ft) above sea level.

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Amazing footage of East Creek near Chalk Drive / Chalk Lane rising and washing away lots of cars during Flash Flood in Toowoomba on Monday 10 January 2011. This is some of the best footage I have seen of the Flood and was ( Read more... )