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BRISBANE, Australia — Some Australian communities remained isolated by floodwaters and others braced for a new river peak today as the nation’s third-largest city struggled to clean up the putrid sludge left behind by the receding Brisbane River.
The engorged rivers that flooded Queensland towns have swelled south into other states. In New South Wales, nearly 7,000 people have been isolated by floodwaters that overflowed highways, and emergency services helicopters were air-dropping food and other supplies to residents.
In northern Victoria, a dozen small communities were sandbagging amid fears of high-peaking rivers and 3,000 people have evacuated.
