Australia floods: Fears worsen for Brisbane

Australia floods: Fears worsen for Brisbane

            Up to 20,000 homes are now at risk in Brisbane, the Queensland state premier has said, as deadly floodwater surge towards Australia’s third-largest city. Central Brisbane is a ghost town, with electricity cut and thousands urged to either evacuate or stay at home. West of Brisbane, the city of Ipswich is being swamped by flood waters in a situation described as “total chaos”. The death toll from the flash floods in Queensland is 12 so far, with many others reported missing. About 50 people are still missing in the Lockyer Valley, west of Brisbane.
            Australian broadcaster ABC reports said that the Brisbane River is now forecast to peak at 5.2m (17ft) in the early hours of Thursday, down from a prediction of 5.5m. The worst affected area was the town of Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, where residents described an “instant inland tsunami” of 8m ripping through the streets on Monday. Overall, Queensland’s flooding has caused billions of dollars in damage and affected 200,000 people. when I read this I can think of japan they had tsunami how did they survive.  In this event it took so many innocent people died.