<b>PHOTOS:</b> Flooding in Australia
Houses in the town of Theodore, about 255 miles northwest of Brisbane, are partially submerged by floodwaters in this Jan. 1, 2011, handout picture. (Queensland Police Service/Reuters)
South Florida Sun-Sentinel
Flooding has forced more than 200,000 people from their homes in Australia.
Houses and surrounding land in the town of Theodore, about 255 miles northwest of Brisbane, are partially submerged by floodwaters Jan. 1, 2011. Floods that have inundated 22 Australian towns and forced more than 200,000 from their homes headed towards the northeast coast on
Darren Kelly, left, and Caroline Fisher clean foul smelling mud from the recently submerged Spinnakers bar and restaurant on the banks of the swollen Burnett River in Bundaberg as floodwaters begin to recede on Jan. 1, 2011. Floods triggered by tropical cyclone Tasha have left entire towns under water and cut off many more over an area the size of France and Germany combined. (Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images)
A police vehicle is halted by flood debris across a road near the town of Injune, about 298 miles northwest of Brisbane on Jan. 1, 2011. (Queensland Police Service/Reuters)
A pet dog and bird is readied for evacuation from the flooded town of Theodore, about 255 miles northwest of Brisbane, in this Jan. 1, 2011 handout picture. (Queensland Police Service/Reuters)
A girl falls in the mud as her sister and father remove damaged belongings from their home affected by floodwater in Bundaberg, Queensland, on Jan. 1, 2011. (Daniel Munoz/Reuters)
Residents of the recently flooded Riverdale Caravan Park inspect an up-turned caravan on the banks of the swollen Burnett River in Bundaberg as floodwaters begin to recede on Jan. 1, 2011. (Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images)
A petrol station is partially submerged by floodwaters, in Bundaberg, about 174 miles north of Brisbane on Jan. 1, 2011. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)
Road signs on a highway are submerged by floodwaters, near Bundaberg, about 174 miles north of Brisbane on Jan. 1, 2011. (Tim Wimborne/Reuters)
Residents of the recently flooded Riverdale Caravan Park inspect an overturned caravan on the banks of the swollen Burnett River in Bundaberg as floodwaters begin to recede on Jan. 1, 2011. (Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images)
A half-drowned brush-tail possum seeks shelter in an overturned caravan on the banks of the swollen Burnett River in Bundaberg as floodwaters begin to recede on Jan. 1, 2011. (Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images)
Staff and friends clean foul smelling mud from the recently submerged Spinnakers bar and restaurant on the banks of the swollen Burnett River in Bundaberg as floodwaters begin to recede on Jan. 1, 2011. (Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images)
Police patrol a flooded street in the center of Bundaberg as floodwaters begin to recede on Jan. 1, 2011. (Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images)
Firefighters clean mud from the recently submerged Kennedy Bridge linking the center of Bundaberg with its eastern suburbs as floodwaters begin to recede on Jan. 1, 2011. (Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images)
A submerged vehicle reappears covered in mud in the center of Bundaberg as floodwaters begin to recede on Jan. 1, 2011. (Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images)
A trimaran, right, and another vessel, left, remain tangled in the banks of the swollen Burnett River in Bundaberg as floodwaters begin to recede on Jan. 1, 2011. (Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images)
A car affected by floodedwaters is seen in Bundaberg, Queensland, on Jan. 1, 2011. (Daniel Munoz/Reuters)
A fireman hoses the foul smelling mud from the center of Bundaberg as floodwaters begin to recede on Jan. 1, 2011. (Torsten Blackwood/AFP/Getty Images)
A playground affected by floodedwaters is seen in Bundaberg, Queensland, on Jan. 1, 2011. (Daniel Munoz/Reuters)
A pair of shoes lie in the mud after floodwaters start to receded in Bundaberg, Queensland, on Jan. 1, 2011. (Daniel Munoz/Reuters)
