On Friday, police banned boats from the swollen river coursing through the city of Rockhampton that is expected to remain near its peak for another 10 days.
Irene followed record rainfalls earlier this month, bursting the Banks of already swollen rivers in several states.
The swollen river crested at9 P.M.
It's not wood, was taken away by swollen river?
Heavy rains in northwestern England and southwestern Scotland triggered the regions' worst floods on record, killing a policeman who was swept away in a swollen river when a bridge collapsed.
The bridge was washed away by the swollen river.
The recent images of houses floating down the swollen rivers of Brisbane, Australia, are a reminder that the safest option is keeping new structures away from vulnerable zones.
At the Berezina River, the Russians nearly trapped the retreating French by burning the bridges over the swollen river.