Brisbane Under Water

CBC News - Floodwaters are slowly receding in Australia's third-largest city, but the people of Brisbane and other flood-ravaged Queensland communities were warned Thursday that they face a recovery of "postwar proportions." Floodwaters poured into more than 30,000 properties in the Brisbane area before the water peaked early in the morning. The swollen Brisbane River, which peaked at a lower level than expected, had already begun to recede by the afternoon, though water levels were expected to stay high for several days. Queensland Premier Anna Bligh made an emotional appeal to people affected by the flooding, calling on residents of the northeastern Australian state to pull together after "the worst natural disaster in our history and possibly in the history of our nation." Read full story here:

Brisbane Under Water