Stop Smoking: And so the floods

And so the floods

After all the mouth of floods and cyclones elsewhere in Australia, last night it was our work here in Melbourne. They called it flash flooding: rain that came down in volumes in just a matter of minutes, and the metropolis was drenched. Our backyard was a swimming pool and many of the streets in valleys and low-lying areas were unpassable.

Ipswich residents warned of flooding

Ipswich will see water levels similar tothe devastating 1974 floods and residents should prepare toevacuate, the city's mayor says.

Mayor Paul Pisasale said residents in low-lying areas and nearthe Bremer River should get out, with rivers due to peak overnight.

'I'm told by the experts we are probably to see levels similar tothe dreadful 1974 floods,' Mr Pisasale said on Tuesday.