Australia floods threaten Queensland capital; 14 dead, dozens missing

By artappraiser on Tue, 01/11/2011 - 10:46pm |

By Jennifer Bennett, Los Angeles Times, January 12, 2011

The city of Brisbane braces for major damage from flooding and the massive release of water from a dam. In the town of Toowoomba, 'a wall of water' takes a heavy toll.

Reporting from Sydney, Australia —

Residents of Brisban, Australia's third-largest city, braced Wednesday for potentially monumental flooding as a river overflowed its banks from a combination of rain, runoff and the forced release of large amounts of water from a dam that had been designed to protect the city from raging storms.

At least 40,000 properties were expected to be affected...

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http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-australia-floods-20110112,0,4348509.story