Record floods cover area bigger than Texas in Australia
Incredible flood ends drought. Will have many good and bad effects in long and short run-
The floods stem from an unusually wet La Niña Pacific Ocean Oscillation.
Australia Floods Show No Signs of Retreating. New York Times. By J. David Goodman.
Map: Flooding in Queensland. LA Times
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Surprise! Floods will be beneficial to local wildlife, especially in the longer term. The area has been in long drought.
Long-term benefits to follow floods. By Anthony Gough. The Courier-Mail.
Floods welcomed with open arms. By Daniel Wills and David Jean. The Advertiser
However, What Australia’s Floods Mean for the Great Barrier Reef. By Krista Mahr. Time Magazine. The sediment and pollution could harm it.
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In the short run. Warning for crocs and snakes being washed into homes. By rohitsingh. Downloads Edge.
Photo: Kangaroos, Wallabys, dogs drown. All Voices

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Dr. Ralph Maughan is professor emeritus of political science at Idaho State University. He has been a Western Watersheds Project Board Member off and on for many years, and also its President. For many years he produced Ralph Maughan's Wolf Report. He was a founder of the Greater Yellowstone Coalition. He and Jackie Johnson Maughan wrote three editions of "Hiking Idaho." He also wrote "Beyond the Tetons" and "Backpacking Wyoming's Teton and Washakie Wilderness." He created and is the administrator of The Wildlife News.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/8236894/Australian-floods-residents-facing-plague-of-deadly-snakes-as-waters-rise.html