Brisbane floods: before and after

High-resolution aerial photos taken over Brisbane last week have revealed the scale of devastation across dozens of suburbs and tens of thousands of homes and businesses.

Move your mouse over the photos to view before and after:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/infographics/qld-floods/beforeafter.htm

I did not appreciate that there has been flooding more injurious in Brazil than in Australia:


http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE70I68P20110120

(Reuters) - At least 207 people are still missing after Brazil's worst landslides in decades, authorities said on Wednesday, as the death toll from the disaster in a scenic mountain region reached 741.

The list of missing people released by the Rio de Janeiro state prosecutor's office -- the first official estimate of the number of missing since the catastrophe struck a week ago -- suggests the final death toll could be close to 1,000....


http://www.businessinsider.com/flood-sao-paolo-brazil-2011-1#rescue-workers-search-for-survivors-after-mudslides-destroy-towns-outside-rio-

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