BRISBANE, Australia (AP) -- Deadly floodwaters that have cut a swath across northeastern Australia flowed onto the streets of the nation's third-largest city Wednesday, forcing people to flee suburbs and skyscrapers as rescuers elsewhere searched for 67 people still missing....
Floods Enter Brisbane, 20,000 Homes In Danger
By JOHN PYE and KRISTEN GELINEAU, Associated Press
Tue, 01/11/2011 - 9:59pm
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