Australia and Indonesia join growing flood crisis list

January 3, 2011 – The tragic stories from across the globe of heavy torrential rains and unprecedented flooding continue to pour into the world’s news rooms.  “Four boys watch television in a flooded house in the Aur subdistrict, Medan, North Sumatra, on Sunday. At least 160 houses were covered in a one-meter deep flood after the Deli River in Medan overflowed its banks.” –Jakarta Globe

Meanwhile the situation in Australia is still very grave. (c) Al Jazeera