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Rising floodwaters spread across the runway of the airport at Rockhampton, in eastern Queensland. The Australian military and emergency services were battling huge flooding in the country's northeast that has left at least one person dead, amid warnings the worst of the devastation is to come.

Rising water floods runway in Rockhampton, Australia

AP reports:

BRISBANE, Australia — Military flights rushed Monday to restock an Australian city before it is cut off by floodwaters that have turned a huge swath of the Outback into a lake, while police confirmed two more deaths in the crisis.

The death toll from some of Australia's worst flooding in a decade is three since Saturday, though police in Queensland state say several other people have drowned in separate incidents involving swollen rivers and water accidents since tropical deluges began in late November. In total, 10 people have died, police said Monday.

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