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BRISBANE,QUEENSLAND (TNC Newswire) | Massive floods in the Australian state of Queenslands has caused deaths, and many others to go missing.
Up to 14 people are reported dead, while up to 63 people are reported missing.
Report from BBC News:
The Australian city of Brisbane has woken to widespread flooding, although the peak level is a metre lower than feared, officials say.
The Brisbane River peaked at 4.46m (14.6ft) just before 0530 (1930GMT Wednesday), compared with 5.4m (17.7ft) in the 1974 floods.
However, dozens of suburbs and thousands of properties are inundated.
The death toll in Queensland's flooding stands at 13 so far, with dozens more reported missing.
Although the flood level in Brisbane was lower than feared, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said: "This is still a very dangerous situation and we have thousands of people who are waking this morning to the total devastation of either their homes, businesses - for some people it's both.
"We should be very mindful that Mother Nature has done shocking and devastating damage. People are living, at the moment, in what I would call a post-war zone."
Ms Bligh had warned that many of the people of Brisbane would wake to scenes they had never seen before.
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