Last month, I posted about the devastating Floods in Queensland, Australia . The floods have caused 40 deaths to date and are likely to cost the nation $30 billion . Most of the flooding has been in southern and central Queensland as shown by the map below: Tonight, the Queensland government and Police are evacuating much of the northern coastal region as Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi approaches the north eastern coast

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Spare a thought for Queensland, Australia