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40,000 Evacuated, At Least 2 Dead In Massive Australian Floods

Torrential rain has inundated parts of Australia, forcing evacuations and sending waterfalls down the side of the country's majestic — and normally arid — Uluru rocks.
A local resident paddles along a flooded street in the Sydney suburb of McGraths Hill on Wednesday.

Days of torrential rain have spawned massive flooding in eastern Australia, forcing the evacuation of some 40,000 people. In the country's arid central section, it has sent waterfalls down the side of the country's majestic Uluru rocks.

Barely a year after burned through tens of millions of acres in Australia, the country is grappling with one of its worst-ever floods after weather in a single day in one area north of Brisbane.

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