As Queensland city, Rockhampton, prepares for total submersion as flood waters reach their peak just about now, the Australia Government is considering legal action against the UK’s state owned Northern Ireland Water. The move follows the discovery that water lost from burst mains in the province since Christmas is responsible the floods in eastern Australia.
With crocodile and snake infested water levels of the Fitzroy River at nearly 9.4 metres, Rockhampton, ‘The Venice Of The South’, is deserted except for the emergency services and English backpackers.
Most observers including experts and meteorologists had originally blamed torrential rain for the disaster. It seems now that the trillions of litres of lost water from Northern Island which caused severe shortages in Belfast over the festive period have found their way through to the centre of the earth to the Antipodes. Officials say the flood bill could exceed A$5bn (£3bn) for the region and demand that NI Water should pay. Suspicions that the deluge was not the result of heavy rain was raised when, as flood water extended to cover an area the size of North West Europe, there was a strong smell of marmalade.
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