Summarize
Some Australian communities remained isolated by floodwaters and others braced for a new river peak today as the nation's third-largest city struggled to clean up the putrid sludge left behind by the receding Brisbane River.
The floods have caused 27 deaths in Australia's northeast since late November, and 14 other people are missing, most of them from a flash flood that hit towns west of Brisbane on Monday.
In northern Victoria, a dozen small communities were sandbagging amid fears of high-peaking rivers, and 3,000 people have evacuated.
An economist has estimated the Queensland floods' cost could be as much as $13 billion, or 1 percent of gross domestic product in Australia's 1.3 trillion Australian dollar ($1.29 trillion) economy.
Mining companies say they won't be able to meet contracts for coal, Australia's biggest export, while Queensland farmers' crop losses could push up world food prices.
Even more frightening for farmers is the Bureau of Meteorology's prediction that rain could last through March due to the cool conditions in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean associated with the current La Nina — a weather system known for producing heavy rains.
My Opinion
I hear a victim said, evey things is gone but I am glad my family are all alive; and other vidio took one woman, she said crying, I lose eveything I earned. Then I realize, people can decide their attitude and life (happy or said) by evey moment no mater what they experience. The flood is just a status and I choose to glad for the people they learn from the flood and sad for those who decide be a victim in that moment.
Vocabulary
equatorial /ˌekwəˈtɔːriəl/ DJ /ˈɛkwə'tɔrɪəl/ KK
- near the equator or typical of a country that is near the equator 赤道的；赤道附近的；赤道地區特有的 adjective
meteorology /ˌmiːtiəˈrɒlədʒi/ DJ /-ˈrɑːl-/ DJ US /ˈmitɪə'rɑlədʒɪ/ KK US
- the scientific study of the earth's atmosphere and its changes, used especially in forecasting the weather (= saying what it will be like) 氣象學 noun uncountable
isolated /ˈaɪsəleɪtɪd/ DJ /'aɪsəˈletɪd/ KK
- adjective
- of buildings and places 建築物或地方 far away from any others 偏遠的；孤零零的
- isolated rural areas 偏僻的農村地區
- of people 人 without much contact with other people 孤獨的；孤立的
- See also:lnely Synonym
- I felt very isolated in my new job. 我在新的工作崗位上覺得很孤獨。
- Elderly people easily become socially isolated. 上了年紀的人很容易變得與社會隔絕。
- single; happening once 單獨的；只出現一次的
putrid /ˈpjuːtrɪd/ DJ /'pjutrɪd/ KK
- adjective
- of dead animals or plants 死的動植物 decaying and therefore smelling very bad 腐爛的；腐臭的
- the putrid smell of rotten meat 爛肉的臭味
- very unpleasant 令人厭惡（或惡心）的 informal
- of dead animals or plants 死的動植物 decaying and therefore smelling very bad 腐爛的；腐臭的
epicenter [ˈepisentə] DJ [ˈɛpɪˌsɛntɚ] KK
- noun
- 【地】震中,中心;集中點
- The point on the earth's surface vertically above the focus of an earthquake
- The central point of something, typically a difficult or unpleasant situation
engorged [enˈgɔːdʒd] DJ [ɛnˈgɔrdʒd] KK
- adjective
- 充盈的;腫脹的;漲滿液體的
engorged [enˈgɔːdʒd] DJ [ɛnˈgɔrdʒd] KK
- adjective
- 充盈的;腫脹的;漲滿液體的
- Cause to swell with blood, water, or another fluid
- Become swollen in this way
- Eat to excess
Article
Some Australian communities remained isolated by floodwaters and others braced for a new river peak today as the nation's third-largest city struggled to clean up the putrid sludge left behind by the receding Brisbane River.
Officials have said the complete cleanup of the Queensland state capital would take months, and reconstruction up to two years.
The floods have caused 27 deaths in Australia's northeast since late November, and 14 other people are missing, most of them from a flash flood that hit towns west of Brisbane on Monday.
In Grantham, described as the epicenter of the flash flood, 70 percent of the town remained cordoned off today while searchers looked for the bodies of the missing.
"People I hope will understand the pressure that the police are working under in these sorts of circumstances and be patient," Queensland state Premier Anna Bligh said. "They are working as hard as they can to be in a position to allow people back into Grantham as quickly as possible."
The wall of water that swept through the town left behind dozens of smashed cars wedged in trees or bogged in fields, houses slipped off their foundations and masses of muddied belongings piled up as debris in the streets.
The engorged rivers that flooded Queensland towns have now swelled south into other states. In New South Wales, nearly 7,000 people have been isolated by floodwaters that overflowed highways and emergency services helicopters air-dropped food and other supplies to residents.
In northern Victoria, a dozen small communities were sandbagging amid fears of high-peaking rivers, and 3,000 people have evacuated.
An economist has estimated the Queensland floods' cost could be as much as $13 billion, or 1 percent of gross domestic product in Australia's 1.3 trillion Australian dollar ($1.29 trillion) economy.
Mining companies say they won't be able to meet contracts for coal, Australia's biggest export, while Queensland farmers' crop losses could push up world food prices.
Even more frightening for farmers is the Bureau of Meteorology's prediction that rain could last through March due to the cool conditions in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean associated with the current La Nina — a weather system known for producing heavy rains.
Some Australian communities remained isolated by floodwaters and others braced for a new river peak today as the nation's third-largest city struggled to clean up the putrid sludge left behind by the receding Brisbane River.
More than 12,000 rubber-gloved volunteers hauled sodden debris from soaked homes, shoveled muck and swept and mopped muddy floors in some of the 30,000 homes and businesses that were flooded in Brisbane.
Officials have said the complete cleanup of the Queensland state capital would take months, and reconstruction up to two years.
The floods have caused 27 deaths in Australia's northeast since late November, and 14 other people are missing, most of them from a flash flood that hit towns west of Brisbane on Monday.
In Grantham, described as the epicenter of the flash flood, 70 percent of the town remained cordoned off today while searchers looked for the bodies of the missing.
"People I hope will understand the pressure that the police are working under in these sorts of circumstances and be patient," Queensland state Premier Anna Bligh said. "They are working as hard as they can to be in a position to allow people back into Grantham as quickly as possible."
The wall of water that swept through the town left behind dozens of smashed cars wedged in trees or bogged in fields, houses slipped off their foundations and masses of muddied belongings piled up as debris in the streets.
The engorged rivers that flooded Queensland towns have now swelled south into other states. In New South Wales, nearly 7,000 people have been isolated by floodwaters that overflowed highways and emergency services helicopters air-dropped food and other supplies to residents.
In northern Victoria, a dozen small communities were sandbagging amid fears of high-peaking rivers, and 3,000 people have evacuated.
An economist has estimated the Queensland floods' cost could be as much as $13 billion, or 1 percent of gross domestic product in Australia's 1.3 trillion Australian dollar ($1.29 trillion) economy.
Mining companies say they won't be able to meet contracts for coal, Australia's biggest export, while Queensland farmers' crop losses could push up world food prices.
Even more frightening for farmers is the Bureau of Meteorology's prediction that rain could last through March due to the cool conditions in the central equatorial Pacific Ocean associated with the current La Nina — a weather system known for producing heavy rains.
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