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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/australia-floods-spark-evacuations.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="Military aircraft dropped supplies to towns cut off by floods in north-east Australia (AP)" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/min-australia-floods-spark-evacuations.jpg" alt="Military aircraft dropped supplies to towns cut off by floods in north-east Australia (AP)"/></a></p>
<p>Residents of an Australian coastal city have been evacuated as surging floodwaters edged closer to their community, with one official describing the devastation as reaching &#8220;biblical proportions&#8221;.</p>
<p>Days of driving rain last week swamped north-eastern Australia, with around 200,000 people affected by floodwaters in an area larger than France and Germany combined.</p>
<p>While the rain has stopped, rivers are still surging to new heights and overflowing into low-lying towns as the water makes its way toward the ocean.</p>
<p>&#8220;In many ways, it is a disaster of biblical proportions,&#8221; Queensland Treasurer Andrew Fraser told reporters in the flooded city of Bundaberg.</p>
<p>The city of Rockhampton, near the coast, is the next community in the water&#8217;s path, and is bracing for flood levels to peak Tuesday or Wednesday.</p>
<p>Rockhampton residents stocked up on food and supplies, with officials moving those living in low-lying areas into an evacuation centre.</p>
<p>Mayor Brad Carter warned about 40% of the city could be affected by the surging waters, and residents could be forced to wait at least two weeks before returning home.</p>
<p>&#8220;Some of them will not know whether their floorboards have been covered and their personal property destroyed, or whether they&#8217;ve been saved and the water has only come up and spared their property,&#8221; he said. &#8220;That&#8217;s going to be a difficult waiting period for many members of our community.&#8221;</p>
<p>Officials say half of Queensland&#8217;s 715,305 square miles has been affected by the flooding.</p>
<p>Queensland Premier Anna Bligh warned that drenched communities could be underwater for more than a week, and clean-up efforts were expected to cost billions of dollars.</p>
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