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Street signs are used as boat moorings after the Fitzroy River broke its banks and inundated much of Rockhampton on January 4, 2011

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A resident tries to reach his flooded home after the Fitzroy River broke its banks and inundated much of Rockhampton on January 4, 2011.

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A street sign is seen partially covered by floodwaters, 6 km (3.7 miles) south of Rockhampton, January 3, 2011

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Zeanna Lavars walks her dog Peach along a flooded street after the Fitzroy River broke its banks and inundated much of Rockhampton on January 4, 2011.

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Locals use boats to get to the Pioneer pub as the flood waters keep rising after the Fitzroy River broke its banks and inundated much of Rockhampton on January 4, 2011.

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The locals keep drinking at the Pioneer pub as the flood waters rise around them after the Fitzroy River broke its banks and inundated much of Rockhampton on January 4, 2011.

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A speed sign is seen on a highway submerged in floodwaters in Rockhampton, Queensland, January 4, 2011

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Police (C) use a boat to patrol the streets for looters after the Fitzroy River broke its banks and inundated much of Rockhampton on January 4, 2011. Up to 200,000 people are estimated to have been hit by the floods which have left entire towns under water and cut off many more over an area the size of France and Germany combined, wreaking untold billions in damage to crops and the nation's key mining industry

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In this photo provided by the Rockhampton Regional Council, water inundates the airport at Rockhampton, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011. Residents of Rockhampton, cut off by some of the country's worst flooding in decades are being warned to stay out of the water, and not just because of the risk of being swept away: Debris, snakes and even crocodiles could also pose a danger.

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Emergency personnel patrol the flooded Bruce Highway by boat after the Fitzroy River broke its banks and inundated much of Rockhampton on January 4, 2011

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In this photo provided by the Rockhampton Regional Council, water inundates the suburb of Depot Hill at Rockhampton, Australia, Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011.

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In this Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011 photo, floodwaters are seen at the junction of the Bruce Highway and Capricorn Highway, the main roads south of Rockhampton, Australia. Floods that have cut air, rail and road links to an Australian coastal city are now threatening its sewage plant, and waters are still expected to rise another few feet before peaking Wednesday.

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Floodwaters surround the sewage treatment plant in Rockhampton, Australia, Jan. 4, 2011 .

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In this Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011 photo, crops are inundated by the rising floodwaters west of Rockhampton, Australia.

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In this Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011 photo, a cow is stranded in floodwaters west of Rockhampton, Australia.

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Locals in their boat are tied to their house in the floodwaters in Depot Hill, Rockhampton, Australia, 4 Jan 2011.

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In this Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2011 photo, an island is formed by flood water stranding vehicles and other equipment in Rockhampton, Australia.

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The appropriately named 'Swamp Store' is flooded after the Fitzroy River broke its banks and inundated much of Rockhampton on January 4, 2011.