Tuesday 11 January 2011

Give a helping hand to Queensland

Queensland, Australia is currently experiencing severe floods which are causing chaos in their cities a catastrophic flood looms and 40,000 homes are at risk. Currently some areas of Queensland are 68 feet under water and they are still at danger from more inland Tsunamis.

It is known that 78 people are currently missing and the death toll has reached 11, a four year old boy fell out of a rescue boat and died. Four of these deaths are known to have been children.
The Queensland mayor has issued a warning "Get out while you can - I don't want anyone to die in Brisbane, tomorrow is going to be bad but Thursday is going to be devastating."
HOW WE CAN HELP:

To help the people of Queensland during this disastrous time you can donate to the Australian red cross or donate to the Queensland government.

Your donation will help to assist in providing the people of Queensland with supplies, rebuild their cities and most importantly make sure that the people of Queensland are safe.

2 comments:

melfromoz said...

Thank you!!! I am not far from the floods...saw the devastation last night,every bit helps:)

Anonymous said...

I'm a queenslander and visit your site regularly. I am fortunate enough to be safe and well, but there are many around me who are not so fortunate and need all the help they can get. Thank you so much for putting this on your site and making people aware, every little bit helps :) take care x