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Grantham: Austrlia's floods 'Ground Zero'

2011-01-15 864 Dailymotion

<p><br /> The town of Grantham in Lokyer Valley, west of Brisbane, has become known as 'Australia's Ground Zero'.<br /> </p><p><br /> The army has been called in to search an area of 200 km to look for people who are missing. Grantham has officially been declared a crime zone by police due to the high death toll.<br /> </p><p><br /> Out of the 70 towns affected by floods across Queensland, Grantham sustained the most damage. Mass graves are being dug to bury dead livestock.<br /> </p><p><br /> Ten people are still missing in the town. Seven bodies have been found but no one is sure where they came from.<br /> </p><p><br /> The Queensland floods have been blamed on the strongest ever recorded La Nina weather phenomenon in the Pacific, which saw Australia record its third wettest year on record on 2010.<br /> </p><p><br /> Economists have estimated the flood damage at A$5 billion, with $1 billion of that to be underwritten by insurers.<br /> </p><p><br /> Military aircraft and trucks have fanned out across Queensland, ferrying food and clothing as weather officials warned the threat of cyclones and fresh rains could last until March.<br /> </p>

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