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Friday, January 14, 2011
This aerial image shows the iconic Suncorp Stadium (R) filled with the murky waters of the Brisbane River as flood waters devastate much of Brisbane on January 13, 2011. Australia’s third-largest city Brisbane was turned into a “war zone” with whole suburbs under water and infrastructure smashed as the worst flood in decades hit 30,000 properties.
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AFP PHOTO / Torsten BLACKWOOD
Flooded Brisbane in shock, fresh rains feared Reuters
BRISBANE, Australia – Flood water in Australia’s third-biggest city peaked below feared catastrophic levels on Thursday but Brisbane and other devastated regions faced years of rebuilding, while fresh flood threats loom with a cyclone forecast off the coast.
WEATHER FORECAST CITY
TEMPERATURE OC
DENPASAR
23 - 31
JAKARTA
23 - 32
BANDUNG
20 - 29
YOGYAKARTA
23 - 32
SURABAYA
24 - 34
SUNNY
BRIGHT/CLOUDY
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Large parts of the capital of Queensland state resembled a muddy lake, with an entire waterfront cafe among the debris wash-
ing down the Brisbane River, a torrent that has flooded 12,000 homes in the city of 2 million and left 118,000 buildings without power.
With 35 suburbs flooded, many parts of Brisbane looked more like Venice as residents used boats to move about flooded streets, where traffic signs peeped above the stagnant water. The floodwaters destroyed or damaged many parts of the city’s infrastructure. One group of residents was lucky not to disappear into gushing waters when the street they were walking along col-
lapsed. “The ground started to move and began to rumble like thunder. We all started to run as fast as we could,” said Rebecca Bush. “The next minute we heard this huge cracking noise that sounded like lightning had just struck. We turned around and the pathway was gone. It had completely collapsed.” Continued on page 6
Sporadic clashes overnight despite Tunisia curfew Associated Press Writer
TUNIS, Tunisia – Sporadic sounds of clashes and rounds of gunfire echoed in the suburbs of Tunisia’s capital early Thursday as youths defied a government curfew order aimed at calming more than three weeks of riots by protesters angry about high unemployment. Central Tunis appeared to have been spared any further clashes overnight and life appeared to be returning to normal there, France-
Info radio reported, a day after tear gas and stone-throwing youth reached the government’s doorstep for the first time. Police have repeatedly opened fire on protesters. Demonstrators defying autocratic President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali have set off clashes with police as protests spread around the country, leaving at least 23 dead and shattering Tunisia’s image as an island of calm in volatile North Africa. Continued on page 6
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In this frame grab image taken from amateur video and acquired by APTN protesters are seen amid a burning vehicle in Douz, Tunisia, Wednesday Jan. 12, 2011.
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