Australia-Brisbane
Worsening what has become one of Australia’s most devastating natural disasters, more than 30,000 homes and businesses were inundated in the country’s northeast on Thursday as raging floodwaters converged on Brisbane, Australia’s third-largest city, and the surrounding townships.
Officials said the vast flood zone could remain under water for days.
Eastern-moving flash floods that killed at least 14 people in the last week slammed into Brisbane, a city of two million people, and other densely populated coastal areas of the state of Queensland on Wednesday.
Homes and businesses were totally or partially submerged when two major river systems burst their banks, sending a slow-moving brown tide through dozens of neighborhoods. The torrent closed highways and bridges, cutting the city in two, and ripped yachts and sections of docks from their moorings.
In Ipswich, a city of 150,000 people about 20 miles west of Brisbane, officials estimated that 3,000 homes and businesses were flooded when the Bremer River overflowed. Aerial images showed murky water lapping at the awnings of businesses along the main street. Colorful rooftops and the tips of palm trees dotted the water like lily pads.
State officials said the swollen Brisbane River, which snakes through Brisbane, the Queensland state capital, peaked at about 14.6 feet early Thursday, about 4 feet lower than the worst-case situation that had been predicted.
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