澳洲水灾 Australia's Worst Floods: Toowoomba Flood 10 Jan 2011

Flash Flooding in Toowoomba

Toowoomba (nicknamed 'The Garden City') is a city in South East Queensland, Australia, It is located 127 km (79 miles) west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With an estimated district population of 128,600, Toowoomba is Australia's second largest inland city and its largest non-capital inland city.

The recent flooding in Queensland, Australia is the worst natural disaster in its history. Three-quarters of the state of Queensland has been declared a disaster zone. Flooding has affected over 200,000 people in the Fitzroy, Burnett, Condamine, Mary and Brisbane river basins. A total of 41 deaths have so far been attributed to the flooding, and 67 people remain missing.
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