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February 2, 2012 - Beginning in December 2010, Australians living in Queensland suffered the worst flooding the country has seen in 50 years. Pounding rains and swollen rivers submerged over 1,200 homes and damaged 11,000 more. At least 40 towns, with around 200,000 combined people, were affected and water covered an area nearly as large as all of Germany and France combined. Across the state of Queensland, 35 people were killed. Read more.
The Voice of America reported today that Thailand is spending US$11.5 billion to prevent future flooding disasters. In 2011, flooding in Thailand killed 700 people, did US$45 billion in damage, and dropped Thailand's economic growth last year to 1.5 percent from an anticipated 6 percent.
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