This is major, major stuff...10 lives lost confirmed; 78 missing and the count is expected to rise.
Homes have been ripped from their stumps and flung into other homes in some of the smaller towns. People were climbing onto their roofs and screaming for help as their houses were being carried away in the torrents. It's like armageddon
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Some towns have copping it for the second time in only a couple of weeks. People were moving back in to start their cleanups only to be re-evacuated today
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Mining, agriculture, you name it - it's all badly affected. The fallout is going to be enormous.