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MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Massive floodwaters swept across parts of Australia's drought-parched southeast Friday, forcing hundreds of people to abandon their homes and businesses in the region's worst floods in almost 40 years.
Several rivers in the Gippsland region of southeastern Victoria state burst their banks late Thursday after two days of heavy rain inundated the region after months of severe drought.
Police helicopters airlifted around 100 people to safety from several flooded towns Thursday, and Victoria's Premier Steve Bracks warned residents downstream to brace for the onslaught Friday.
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