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.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12173960

http://www.theage.com.au/environment/weather/qld-floods-disaster-worst-in-history-20110116-19sja.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/jan/15/australian-floods-queensland-germaine-greer

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12190895

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2011/01/australian_flooding.html