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Flooded Australia city "like war zone" - Flood Waters Peak in Australian City of Brisbane
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[quote:Daz 1228523:MV8xMzIyNTc2XzIxNzAyMzI0XzVDQkE0ODdF] Wivenhoe dam holds 2.6 million megalitres of water. Catchment area of 5500 square kilometers. Currently at 190% of expected capacity. at 225% it overflows uncontrollably. They've been dumping 250,000 megaliters per day into the Brisbane river even during the flooding to prevent the dam from overflowing it's banks. 3 weeks of more rain or a cyclone, will IMO, overflow and then you enter territory of a dam failure.... Care to think what 2.6 million million litres of water will do to the Brisbane river and brissie suburbs ? [/quote]
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1 hr 3 mins ago
Floods left parts of Australia's third-biggest city on Thursday looking like a war zone in need of years of reconstruction, the state premier said, while fresh threats loomed with a cyclone forecast offshore.
The floods across the state of Queensland have killed at least 19 people, 12 of whom died in the Toowoomba area inland, and 61 were missing, the state government said.
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Flood Waters Peak in Australian City of Brisbane
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