River waters are still on the rise in northeastern Australia, where flooding has affected some 200,000 people.<br /><br />In eastern Queensland, the Fitzroy river is threatening to submerge half of the city of Rockhampton.<br /><br />And in the west of the state, the floods have claimed their first life - a woman has been swept away by a raging torrent.<br /><br />Al Jazeera;s Andrew Thomas reports from the city of Bundaberg.