Guernsey Press

Ex-pats see floods of tears after Oz disaster

FLOODS are receding in Brisbane but the water has left a thousand shattered lives in its wake, former islanders have said.

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Earlier this month, Richard and Sue Schofield's house escaped flooding by just a matter of inches.

But elsewhere, people's lives were left in pieces and the homes of friends and neighbours were claimed by the flooding.

'We are all trying to get back to normal, but as I walked around the shopping centre today it was obvious from the people I saw in floods of tears that things are far from normal,' said Mr Schofield.

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