FLASH FLOODS KILL 2 IN WATER-WEARY NE AUSTRALIA

Flash floods swept through an Australian city Monday, killing at least two people, trapping others in cars and leaving some clinging to trees as relentless rains brought more misery to a region battling its worst flooding in decades.

3.000 participants in Network Campaign against Domestic Violence

For 6 days the Eastern Network against Domestic Violence conducted various events to raise the invisible issue that deeply affects the life of many families, mostly women, in Nepal. 3.000 people in Ilam, Jhapa and Dhankuta directly participated in different sensitization events like forum theatre and received relevant information and legal counseling in the field of Domestic Violence. 1.000 posters and more than 5.000 brochures have been distributed. Indirectly more than 25.000 people have been reached.

FLOOD WATERS SWEPT THROUGH VAST AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA SATURDAY

Flood waters swept through vast areas of northeastern Australia Saturday, threatening to inundate thousands more homes in a disaster one official said was of "biblical proportions".
As Queen Elizabeth II sent her "sincere sympathies" to Queenslanders who rang in a damp new year, the military was assisting deliver food and other supplies to isolated towns by helicopter.
Up to 200,000 people have been affected by the floods which have hurt the state's lucrative mining industry and cut off major highways as the water rushes through sodden inland regions to the sea.
"In many ways, it is a disaster of biblical proportions," Queensland State Treasurer Andrew Fraser told reporters in flood-hit Bundaberg.
Emergency workers were focusing their efforts on Rockhampton where the Fitzroy River had broken its banks and was rising dangerously, threatening some 2,000 to 4,000 homes ahead of reaching its expected peak on Wednesday.