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20 People Have Died After Torrential Floods On Australia's East Coast

File image: Australian East Coast via Google Maps

Over a year's worth of rainfall fell in one week

The number of people who have died following flooding on Australia's east coast has risen to 20.

A man and a woman were found dead near an abandoned car in a stormwater canal in Sydney, as tens of thousands of people fled their homes overnight.

While police in Queensland confirmed the death of a man missing in floods over a week ago.

More than a year's worth of rainfall fell over a week in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales.

Floods have swept away property, livestock and roads.

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