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Australia's third largest city, Brisbane, is experiencing some of the worst flooding in the city's recent history. The water level was expected to peak at 1800 (GMT) on Wednesday and to remain high for about 12 hours. Thousands of people have fled their homes.
The death toll in south-eastern France is expected to rise as rescue workers pick through the debris left by flash floods.
20th Feb - Witness report:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8526432.stm
21st Feb - Aid and Rescue on its way:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/21/madeira-flooding-funchal-aid
22nd Feb - British holiday maker looses her life in floods:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1252521/Madeira-Up-25-people-killed-Portuguese-island-torrential-rain-caused-flooding-mudslides.html
22nd Feb - Three days of national mourning:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8527589.stm
22nd Feb - Is building work to blame for landslides?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article7035726.ece
23rd Feb - Massive clear up underway
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8533149.stm
23rd Feb - Tourists urged not to cancel their holiday
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/portugal/7301442/Madeira-floods-tourists-urged-not-to-cancel-holidays.html
The Aftermath in pictures:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8527464.stm
In the hours before floods swept through Cumbria, the heaviest rain ever recorded in Britain fell on a hamlet in the county. Philip Eden unpicks the unique combination of factors which made this happen.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/8376031.stm
About 200 people have been rescued by the emergency services from the town of Cockermouth, as floods hit Cumbria. RAF helicopters have airlifted at least 50 to safety, with some forced to break through the roofs of their houses. Dozens more have been rescued by boat.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8366360.stm
Heavy rain has brought floods to north-western parts of the UK, with Dumfries and Galloway and Cumbria the worst hit.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8366360.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8364356.stm
Life in Char Atra, a low-lying sand island of thatched huts, paddy fields and banana trees, in the middle of the Ganges.
