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1. The death toll from the floods in Queensland and New South Wales rises to 20.
   2022-03-08 21:10:33 (First version)
2. The death toll from the floods in Queensland and New South Wales increases to 20.
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Six people are killed and another is missing during heavy floods in Queensland.
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Thousands of Australians are evacuated in northern New South Wales and Queensland due to rising floodwaters with parts of Queensland declared as a disaster area.
2012-02-3

Thousands of people living on the Mid North Coast of the Australian state of New South Wales face a flooding risk, with the town of Kempsey under particular threat and with ten thousand people isolated.
2011-06-15

A Queensland man is missing presumed dead in floodwaters in Bajool while parts of central New South Wales are declared disaster zones after a week of heavy rains in eastern Australia.
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