AAP General News (Australia)
01-11-2011
QLD:Unstoppable tide hits Brisbane
Eds: reissuing to clarify par 6
BRISBANE, Jan 11 AAP - The Brisbane River has broken its banks with evacuations underway
in the heart of the city amid fears Brisbane will see its worst flooding since the 1974
disaster.
Office towers on Eagle Street are being emptied, along with businesses in Fortitude
Valley, and flood waters are creeping into the inner-city suburb of West End, where residents
have been told to get to higher ground.
Evacuations are also underway on Brisbane's northside at Albion and Bowen Hills, the
ABC reported.
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