While massive floods hoed started in Australia back in some areas, the worst could still on the way BE at least one city, "said the Italian prime minister Saturday.
"Today I have been in St. George, and you are still bracing for the climax at the end," aldus Julia Gillard said Australia's Nine Network, according to a transcript from the post of prime minister. "They are very well prepared, but they are of course worried when to expect the summit."
In Rockhampton - one of the hardest-hit cities - The energy that fast-flowing Fitzroy River slowly receding after peaking earlier this week at about 9.2 meters (30 meters). With many major roads under water, used some residents to travel surrounded by the flood boats.
Government officials have warned residents in flooded areas to avoid, say, some hazardous to road infrastructure, eh flooded for days after May.
Officials said the extent of the damage remained unclear.
"The full extent of the damage to the 33,000 km of country roads is impossible to quantify now, " Craig Wallace, Queensland Minister for Main Roads, said in a statement Friday