Another Danger Lurks in Australia Floodwaters: Crocs and Snakes

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ROCKHAMPTON, Australia - Residents of an Australian city cut off by some of the country's worst flooding in decades are being warned to stay out of the water, and not just because of the risk of being swept away: debris, snakes and even crocodiles could pose a danger.

Large parts of the coastal city of Rockhampton were underwater this morning and the level was still rising. The 75,000-strong population is bracing for disaster as a huge inland sea - roughly the size of France and Germany combined - spawned by heavy rain across Queensland state drains toward the ocean.

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Another Danger Lurks in Australia Floodwaters: Crocs and Snakes

Rockhampton is the latest of 22 cities and...

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