| Source: | ABC News |
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| Published: | Sunday, June 10, 2007 5:25 AEST |
| Expires: | Sunday, July 8, 2007 5:25 AEST |
The New South Wales State Emergency Service has issued an evacuation order for residents of central Maitland, South Maitland and Lorne, following revised predictions that floodwaters would peak at five centimetres above the levy.
An elephant has turned over cars and injured its keeper in a five-hour rampage in India.
Scientists are giving the native bush rat a helping hand in its fight against its European rival.
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