Australian flood crisis could continue for 10 days
The Jakarta Post, Melbourne | Sat, 01/22/2011 10:45 AM
An official says an inland sea will
surge across southeast Australia and threaten towns in its path for
up to 10 more days.
The flooding that has caused havoc and destruction in Australia
began more than a month ago in northeast Queensland state. Record
rains have shifted the emergency focus to the state of Victoria in
the southeast.
State Emergency Service spokesman Lachlan Quick said on Saturday
that a vast expanse of flood water will continue coursing inland
across Victoria for the next 7 to 10 days until it spills into the
Murray River.
He says 75 towns in the state have so far been affected by
flooding and another five to 10 towns remain in the flood's path.
