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January 11, 2011

10 Dead, 78 Missing After Massive Floods in Australia 
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In Australia, at least 10 people have died and 78 people remain missing
after unprecedented flash floods tore through southern Queensland. The
dead include a four-year-old boy who drowned after falling out of a
rescue boat.

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard: "The nation does need to brace
itself for the fact that the death toll, as a result of yesterday's
flash flooding and walls of water, is likely to rise."

The floods are now threatening Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city.



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