Authorities urged thousands of residents, among which many are Greeks, to leave the outskirts of Australia’s third largest city on Tuesday. Others sandbagged homes and stockpiled food in anticipation of rising floodwaters and further heavy rains. Ten people died overnight, with cars and pedestrians swept away in a super storm that sent water raging through the streets of Toowoomba, west of Brisbane. More than 40 people were pulled from rooftops by helicopters, but 78 were still missing. This is the worst flooding in the Queensland state in 50 years. It has killed 14 people in the past two weeks. Police warn the death toll could rise significantly, fearing many people may have drowned trapped in submerged cars and homes. A large number of Greeks live in Brisbane. The Center of Greek Social Care has sheltered many Greek expatriates whose homes were destroyed by the unprecedented floods. The manager of the Center, Angela Antroni, stated that this is a bad dream situation and it is going to become worse.
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