The inhabitants of the Australian state of Victoria today struggle against the floods that ravaged Queensland last week, where it is still looking for 14 people who disappeared in the worst flooding in half a century. so far, 14,000 houses are submerged and 3,500 residents have been evacuated in the southeast, and police asked citizens to stay away if the rivers are overflowing.Two young men were rescued yesterday in the city of Melbourne when they escaped the inflatable sex dolls being used as floats to navigate the Yarra River, which flows through the capital of Victoria. The downpours have affected 34 localities in the north of the state, while in neighboring New South Wales another 7,000 people are held incommunicado.
But a week later, more drama still lives in Queensland, where last week the heavy rain swept through the Lockyer Valley and Brisbane River, the third largest city in Australia. Rescue services were still searching for 14 people near the town of Toowoomba, where a "tsunami inside" a wall of water eight feet high moved through the center of the city and swept away boats, cars and roofs houses.
Australia today held a minute's silence in memory of the victims at 14.33 local time (4.33 Spanish time), just the time in which a week ago came the floods to Toowoomba. Once the storm passed, many wonder how this phenomenon could happen in a community located 700 meters above sea level, which some attribute to the design of the system of river channels.
The meteorologists forecast indicates that rain will not stop this week. Police in Queensland will strengthen the contingent of thousands of volunteers and soldiers who are cleaning the streets of Brisbane. The disaster may become the most expensive in U.S. history, according to Deputy Prime Minister and head of the Treasury, Wayne Swan.
Is estimated to reach to 13,000 million dollars, 1% of Gross Domestic Product of Australia "for the losses to the agricultural, mining and tourism.
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