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Australia's flood disaster worsened Monday, when at least four people died as a torrent of water swept cars and pedestrians into churning rapids. Severe downpours deluged the nation's already sodden northeast, swelling rivers to fresh peaks and submerging roads and bridges, causing flash flooding in Toowoomba, west of Brisbane, Queensland Premier Anna Bligh said. Queensland police said four people, including two children, had died, but that a number of others were possibly still missing in the surging brown waters, which have swamped an area the size of France and Germany. Bligh said authorities held grave fears for the safety of a number of people in the nearby Grantham township. Sandbags were handed out Monday in Brisbane, the Queensland state capital of 2 million people, as severe weather threatened to swamp low-lying areas and had submerged some bridges and roads in the surrounding valley. AFP |
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