Food, supplies flown to flood-stranded Aussie city

Military Flights Race To Flood-Hit Australian City
Military flights rushed Monday to restock an Australian city before it was cut off by floodwaters that have turned a huge swath of the Outback into a lake, while police confirmed two more Deaths in the crisis. Rockhampton is now completely stranded — a town of 75,000 people — no airport, rail or road. - Queensland Premier Anna Bligh Drenching rain that started before Christmas has flooded an area the size of France and Germany combined in northeastern Queensland state. Rivers are ove...

Food, supplies flown to flood-stranded Aussie city
BRISBANE, Australia - A Military flight rushed Monday to restock an Australian city before it was cut off by floodwaters that have turned a huge swath of the Outback into a lake, while police confirmed two more Deaths in the crisis. Drenching rain that started before Christmas has flooded an area the size of France and Germany combined in northeastern Queensland state. Rivers are overflowing and at least 22 towns and cities in the farming region are inundated. In the coastal city of Rockha...

Food, supplies flown to flood-stranded Aussie city
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A Military flight rushed Monday to restock an Australian city before it was cut off by floodwaters that have turned a huge swath of the Outback into a lake, while police confirmed two more Deaths in the crisis. Drenching rain that started before Christmas has flooded an area the size of France and Germany combined in northeastern Queensland state. Rivers are overflowing and at least 22 towns and cities in the farming region are inundated. In the coastal city of R...

Relief flights help flood-affected Australian city
BRISBANE, Australia — Military flights rushed Monday to restock an Australian city before it was cut off by floodwaters that have turned a huge swath of the Outback into a lake, while police confirmed two more Deaths in the crisis. Drenching rain that started before Christmas has flooded an area the size of France and Germany combined in northeastern Queensland state. Rivers are overflowing and at least 22 towns and cities in the farming region are inundated. In the coastal city of Rockha...

Relief flights help flood-affected Australian city
BRISBANE, Australia - Military flights rushed Monday to restock an Australian city before it is cut off by floodwaters that have turned a huge swath of the Outback into a lake, while police confirmed two more Deaths in the crisis. The death toll from some of Australia's worst Flooding in a decade is three since Saturday, though police in Queensland state say several other people have drowned in separate incidents involving swollen rivers and water accidents since tropical deluges began in ...

Relief flights help flood-affected Australian city
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Military flights rushed Monday to restock an Australian city before it is cut off by floodwaters that have turned a huge swath of the Outback into a lake, while police confirmed two more Deaths in the crisis. The death toll from some of Australia’s worst Flooding in a decade is three since Saturday, though police in Queensland state say several other people have drowned in separate incidents involving swollen rivers and water accidents since tropical deluge...

75,000 stranded by Australian floodwaters
THE Australian city of Rockhampton and its 75,000 people were completely cut off by floodwaters yesterday, as the unprecedented surge of water across the country's north-east caused huge disruption. • An aerial view shows all too clearly the extent of the disaster in the suburb of Depot Hill in Rockhampton Picture: AFP/Getty Images Drenching rain that started before Christmas has flooded an area the size of France and Germany combined in northeastern Queensland state. Rivers are overflowing...

Crocodiles, snakes are danger in flooded Australia
Residents of an Australian city cut off by some of the country's worst Flooding in decades are being warned to stay out of the water, and not just because of the risk of being swept away: Debris, snakes and even crocodiles could also pose a danger. Large parts of the coastal city of Rockhampton were under water Tuesday. The waters were still rising, with the 75,000-strong population bracing for the floods' expected peak in the next 24 hours as a huge inland sea spawned by Heavy Rain across Queen...

Australia floods force evacuations, recede in coal
By Daniel Munoz ROCKHAMPTON, Australia | Tue Jan 4, 2011 1:46am EST ROCKHAMPTON, Australia (Reuters) - Floodwaters eased in Australia's major Coal Mining region on Tuesday, allowing some mines to slowly resume production although most remained idle, as devastating floods affect some 200,000 people and force towns to be evacuated. Floods have submerged or disrupted life across an area the size of France and Germany combined, according to the premier of Queensland state. The floodwaters have br...

Evacuations in Australia proceed as floodwaters rise
More Evacuations were underway in the flood-ravaged Australian state of Queensland on Tuesday as waters continued to rise. Relief teams continued rushing supplies into the eastern city of Rockhampton. In some of the state's more rural areas, farmers said they were scrambling to send tons of crops out before waters damaged them and Flooding made their transport impossible. Police said 10 people have died as a result of Flooding since November 30 - many of them swept away by swift waters. An ...

Australia floods force evacuations
By Daniel Munoz ROCKHAMPTON, Australia | Tue Jan 4, 2011 2:59am EST ROCKHAMPTON, Australia (Reuters) - Floodwaters eased in Australia's major Coal Mining region on Tuesday, allowing some mines to slowly resume production although most remained idle, as devastating floods affect some 200,000 people and force towns to be evacuated. Floods have submerged or disrupted life across an area the size of France and Germany combined, according to the premier of Queensland state. The floodwaters have br...

Australia flood death toll rises
Reporting from Sydney, Australia — Floodwaters in Australia's Queensland state created havoc in at least 22 cities and towns throughout the region grappling with several weeks of devastating rains, officials said Monday. At least three people have been killed in the Flooding since Saturday, and Queensland officials said as many as 10 have died in weather-related incidents beginning in late November. About 200,000 people have been affected by the flooding, with many leaving their homes ...

Crocodiles, snakes are danger in flooded Australia
ROCKHAMPTON, Australia (AP) — Residents of an Australian city cut off by some of the country’s worst Flooding in decades are being warned to stay out of the water, and not just because of the risk of being swept away: Debris, snakes and even crocodiles could also pose a danger. Large parts of the coastal city of Rockhampton were under water Tuesday. The waters were still rising, with the 75,000-strong population bracing for the floods’ expected peak in the next 24 hours as a hu...

Australia Flood Relief Flights Race To Help Queensland Residents
BRISBANE, Australia — Military flights rushed Monday to restock an Australian city before it was cut off by floodwaters that have turned a huge swath of the Outback into a lake, while police confirmed two more Deaths in the crisis. Drenching rain that started before Christmas has flooded an area the size of France and Germany combined in northeastern Queensland state. Rivers are overflowing and at least 22 towns and cities in the farming region are inundated. In the coastal city of Rockh...

Australian city cut off by floods braces for more
ROCKHAMPTON, Australia — Floods that have cut air, rail and road links to an Australian coastal city are now threatening its sewage plant, and waters are still expected to rise another few feet before peaking Wednesday. Residents of Rockhampton made their way in boats through waters that reached waist-high in some areas Tuesday but were warned not to wade into the them since snakes and crocodiles could be lurking. A huge inland sea spawned by more than a week of Heavy Rain across Queenslan...

Emergency airlifts for flooded Queensland
A huge relief operation was under way in Queensland last night as the Military airlifted emergency supplies of food and medicine to thousands of people hit by widespread Flooding. At least 50 tonnes of essential goods was being flown to the worst-hit areas, including Rockhampton, where the Fitzroy River is expected to peak tomorrow. The coastal city has been effectively cut off since the weekend, when the airport runway was closed and main roads flooded. At least a thousand residents were expect...

Australia flood death toll rises; rains cause more havoc
Reporting from Sydney, Australia — Floodwaters in Australia's Queensland state created havoc in at least 22 cities and towns throughout the region grappling with several weeks of devastating rains, officials said Monday. At least three people have been killed in the Flooding since Saturday, and Queensland officials said as many as 10 have died in weather-related incidents beginning in late November. Get dispatches from Times correspondents around the globe delivered to your inbox with ...

Australian floods: disaster stretches across Queensland
A huge swath of Queensland has been hit by Flooding, which has submerged an area the size of France and Germany combined....

Australia flies aid to flood city
Australian Military Aircraft are ferrying more supplies to a flood-hit city in Queensland as river levels continue to rise. The Fitzroy River at Rockhampton is due to peak early on Wednesday, leading to the Evacuation of hundreds of homes. Floods across Queensland have closed roads and airports, devastated industry and claimed at least three lives. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has offered assistance to Australia - a close ally. "On behalf of President (Barack) Obama and the people ...

Natural disaster: Australia struggles to deal with flooding
A highway near Rockhampton in eastern Queensland, Australia, is covered by water on Monday. The town has lost its last road access, and is now completely cut off. Military food supplies had been flown to a nearby town before being trucked in, but now supplies into Rockhampton will have to be brought in by Helicopter....

Snakes infest Australian floodwaters
ROCKHAMPTON, Australia, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- Raw sewage, snakes and crocodiles are in floodwaters rising in the northeastern Australian city of Rockhampton, residents said Tuesday. More than 500 homes in the city of 70,000 people had been evacuated as the Fitzroy River's waters rose, with an expected peak of more than 28 feet by Wednesday, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. Resident John Peacock said the raging water is filthy and dangerous. "There's heaps of snakes at the moment in that wat...

Australia Flooding Creates Global Ripple Effect
Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser has called the recent Flooding in Australia a "disaster of biblical proportion." Flood waters have covered an area larger than the state of Texas. The Flooding is also having a global impact on wheat and coal prices. The severe Flooding has turned the city of Rockhampton's streets into raging rivers. "What's happening here in Rockhampton is - well, I don't think we're going to see it again for another 50 or 100 years," said Anna Bligh, Queensland State Premi...

Australia braces as devastating floods set to worsen
The Australian Military and emergency services were Monday battling huge Flooding in the country's northeast that has left at least one person dead, amid warnings the worst of the devastation is to come. Up to 200,000 people are estimated to have been hit by the fast-flowing waters which have left 22 rural towns under water or substantially inundated by Flooding covering an area the size of France and Germany combined. The bureau of Meteorology in Queensland early Monday cancelled a severe thund...

Australia Floodwaters Rise; 3rd Death Confirmed
Like this Story? Share it: Summer rains in Australia have reached near record levels, causing rising floodwaters to cover an area larger than Texas. Mark Phillips reports the prediction is that the worst is yet to come. People being rescued during Australia's recent floods. (CBS) Learn about the people, economy and history. (CBS/AP) BRISBANE, Australia - Military flights rushed Monday to restock an Australian city before it is cut off by floodwaters that have turned a huge swath of the Outback ...

Canadas Forgotten Warriors
As a new year begins, what better time to recall Soldiers of aboriginal blood, who have served valiantly for Canada in all of our wars and campaigns. In a tribute article last Remembrance Day, the National Post ran a full page on Canada’s famous “native warriors” who served in our wars in greater numbers than their population warranted. They were generally treated better in The Army — i.e. as equals and without prejudice — than they were when they returned to civilian life af