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As the water retreats, the great mop-up begins
AS THE gigantic clean-up begins in Brisbane and an arduous search for bodies continues in the Lockyer Valley, authorities will battle on many fronts to bring a sense of normality back to the lives
In the belly of the Beast, a 24-hour stretch of torture
The force of the water was terrifying. And then the ferocity of the river unfolded like one of those dreams you know you're having but can't escape, writes Frank Robson.
After chaos and death, it is time to count the cost
The tragedy and heroism of 2011 will be remembered for decades, writes David Humphries, but what comes after the flood will define a state and a nation.
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When the floods came
Queenslanders have copped a battering over the past week, enduing some of the worst floods in history. Here are their stories in pictures.
The price we pay for being Australian
SHE has flooded three-quarters of the state, reduced its capital to a muddy swamp, forced tens of thousands of people out of their homes, left as many without power, water and food, punched a $20 billion hole in the economy and almost certainly claimed as many as 75 lives.
Rescuer yearns to meet the two women he tried to save in Toowoomba
HE REMEMBERS the filthy water striking him like a clenched fist, and the fear in the woman's face as he fought against the torrent to reach her. Most of all he recalls her words as they came face to face in the ferment that had been Dent Street, Toowoomba, only hours earlier.
Nowhere safe to run when deadly torrent hit
Even those who had received some warning of the impending flood were taken by surprise by its force, writes Tom Reilly.
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