[swamp_cypress]

First picture in the article show a scene from Brisbane, where I live. And there are a lot of these suburbs. Brisbane is built on a flood-plain.

But the house prices in the low-lying suburbs that were hit hardest are still very strong. And my home insurance has gone up by 30%.

[jamal-kumar]

I'm actually pretty amazed that it seems to go from east to west as well, I always thought that the weather system was strictly an American thing that went from south to north.