The floods that hit Australia at the beginning of 2011 were devastating. In Queensland alone, the floods covered an area the size of France and Germany combined. Here's how one company provided each dealer in the affected areas with submersible pumps to be used as free loan pumps to assist local communities with their relief efforts. The floods at the beginning of 2011 have already received the dubious recognition of being one of - if not - the most costly natural disasters in the history of Australia And this is against the back drop of a country who is no stranger to various catastrophes, which in recent years alone have ranged from floods to cyclones and droughts to wildfires. However the ferocity and extent of the recent floods on the eastern seaboard took everyone by surprise and their impact has been so destructive that life has changed forever for many thousands of people. When you realise that in Queensland alone, the floods covered an area the size of France and Germany combined, then the sheer scale of the problem becomes clearer.
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