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  • Brisbane flash floods claim at least eight lives, dozens missing (daughter is right in the middle)

    01/10/2011 3:10:18 PM PST · by steveo · 10 replies
    The Courier-Mail ^ | 11 January 2011 | Anna Caldwell, James O'Loan, Anthony Templeton and Rikki-Lee Arnold
    AT least eight people have died in the latest wave of flooding in Queensland and dozens more are missing. Premier Anna Bligh this morning said eight people had died in the floods and another 11 people are confirmed missing near Toowoomba. The deputy commissioner of police Ian Stewart said 72 people had been reported as missing throughout the whole region. Ms Bligh said the dead included a mother and two children whose car had been swept away in the floodwaters. She said wet weather was hampering the rescue efforts and the search for the 11 missing people. "We have a...