As local communities along much of the east coast deal with the muddy aftermath of extraordinary rainfall, aerial images begin to show the scale of this disaster. Oxley Creek runs through several of the city's southern suburbs, including Rocklea Authorities say the saturated creeks meant every suburb was affected this time around. Even though the creeks were responsible for much …
Queenslanders share their memories of the floods of 2011 after an "inland tsunami" thrust cars into trees, water tanks onto roads and swept away an entire town, killing 36 people. A 3-metre wall of water came without warning, tearing through Toowoomba — Queensland's largest inland city — when rain of "biblical proportions" fell on already soaked earth after months of …