Photo gallery:Three dead, dramatic rescues in Australia floods
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This combo shows screen grabbed from video released to AFP on Jan 28, 2013. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP / SEVEN NETWORK
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In this file photo taken on Jan 27, 2013 shows an aerial view by helicopter of floods in the town of Biloela in the Australian state of Queenland. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP/ NETWORK TEN / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT QUEENSLAND
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Floodwaters inundate the area around homes at Clear Island Waters, Robina, on Australia's Gold Coast on Jan 28, 2013 as severe floods swept through two states. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Floodwaters race across the Oxenford - Tamborine road on Australia's Gold Coast on Jan28, 2013 as severe floods swept through two states. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Kura Stainton (left) and Laura Hall (right) walk through floodwaters as they carry photographs from their flooded Cullen street home in the inner Brisbane suburb of Newmarket on Jan 28, 2013. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Jarrod Michell walks his dog Bonni past flooding in the inner Brisbane suburb of Newmarket on Jan 28, 2013 as high winds and heavy rains brought by ex-tropical cyclone Oswald have hit the state of Queensland. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Evan McAlpine (left) smokes a cigarette as he assists his mother Nola, 76, through floodwaters as they evacuate from their Cullen Street home in the inner Brisbane suburb of Newmarket on Jan 28, 2013. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Peter Wison (L) and Beata Jaremko sit on a bench surrounded by floodwaters as the Brisbane River brakes its banks at West End in Brisbane on January 28, 2013. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Lindsay Enright walks through floodwaters as he starts the clean up operation outside his Cullen Street home, in the inner Brisbane suburb of Newmarket on Jan 28, 2013. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Lindsay Enright starts the clean up in the flooded area of his Cullen Street home, in the inner Brisbane suburb of Newmarket on Jan 28, 2013. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Cars stand partly submerged in floodwaters on a street in the inner Brisbane suburb of Newmarket on, Jan 28, 2013. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Cheryl McDowell stands outside her flooded home in Bundaberg, about 370 km (230 miles) north of Brisbane, Jan 27, 2013 in this picture provided by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Eastern Australia continues to be lashed by heavy rain and gale force winds as the remnants of Cyclone Oswald move south causing flooding. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
This combo shows screen grabbed from video released to AFP on Jan 28, 2013. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP / SEVEN NETWORK
In this file photo taken on Jan 27, 2013 shows an aerial view by helicopter of floods in the town of Biloela in the Australian state of Queenland. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP/ NETWORK TEN / EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT QUEENSLAND
Floodwaters inundate the area around homes at Clear Island Waters, Robina, on Australia's Gold Coast on Jan 28, 2013 as severe floods swept through two states. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP
Floodwaters race across the Oxenford - Tamborine road on Australia's Gold Coast on Jan28, 2013 as severe floods swept through two states. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP
Kura Stainton (left) and Laura Hall (right) walk through floodwaters as they carry photographs from their flooded Cullen street home in the inner Brisbane suburb of Newmarket on Jan 28, 2013. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP
Jarrod Michell walks his dog Bonni past flooding in the inner Brisbane suburb of Newmarket on Jan 28, 2013 as high winds and heavy rains brought by ex-tropical cyclone Oswald have hit the state of Queensland. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP
Evan McAlpine (left) smokes a cigarette as he assists his mother Nola, 76, through floodwaters as they evacuate from their Cullen Street home in the inner Brisbane suburb of Newmarket on Jan 28, 2013. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP
Peter Wison (L) and Beata Jaremko sit on a bench surrounded by floodwaters as the Brisbane River brakes its banks at West End in Brisbane on January 28, 2013. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP
Lindsay Enright walks through floodwaters as he starts the clean up operation outside his Cullen Street home, in the inner Brisbane suburb of Newmarket on Jan 28, 2013. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP
Lindsay Enright starts the clean up in the flooded area of his Cullen Street home, in the inner Brisbane suburb of Newmarket on Jan 28, 2013. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP
Cars stand partly submerged in floodwaters on a street in the inner Brisbane suburb of Newmarket on, Jan 28, 2013. Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes. -- PHOTO: AFP
Cheryl McDowell stands outside her flooded home in Bundaberg, about 370 km (230 miles) north of Brisbane, Jan 27, 2013 in this picture provided by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Eastern Australia continues to be lashed by heavy rain and gale force winds as the remnants of Cyclone Oswald move south causing flooding. -- PHOTO : REUTERS
SYDNEY (AFP) - Three people were dead and dozens plucked from roofs and marooned cars in dramatic air rescues in north-eastern Australia today as severe floods swept through two states, inundating hundreds of homes.
The bodies of two men swept away by floodwaters were found today, one in the Queensland state capital Brisbane and another further north at Gympie, following the earlier discovery of an elderly man's body near the city of Bundaberg.
A pregnant woman and her three-year-old son were rushed to hospital after a large tree fell on them as they were walking this morning in Brisbane. They were reported to have head injuries.
There were dozens of dramatic rescues as rapidly rising waters left people suddenly stranded, including one family who had to zip their infant son into a waterproof bag to be winched to safety by a helicopter as floods surrounded their car.
