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Horrific. and it s even more horrific when you re up close. i arrived in britain in brisbane last night and it was a blackout city, thousands of people displaced from their homes, thousands in the evacuation centers. it is just an amazing sight to see, looking at a city of toowoomba, basically covered in water. martha: these pictures tell the story, leslie. we just watched a boat literally flip over itself in the flood waters and basically go under. what is the situation in terms of lives lost, and what the estimates are in terms of what you know, how much worse those numbers may get? there s that unbelievable video. it is unbelievable. at the moment, two men the bodies of two men were found dead today, 61 are still unaccounted for. ....
People sent pictures of lava running down the mountain, scientists monitoring it to see whether or not local cities need to be on alert. i d say yes! we ll let you know if you need to move. but yeah, for the moment, you re on alert! martha: mother nature, scary there, and also down under, the deadly flood waters we ve been bringing you on america s newsroom from brisbane, getting an indication that some are starting to recede but these people have been through hell with this flooding and the danger is far from over for them. authorities are warning thousands of people that it may be days before they can get anywhere back near their swamped homes. just to give you an idea of how bad it is, the area the side of germany and france combined, literally under water. joining me on the phone, leslie yellman, leslie, welcome. give us a sense of where you are. we saw unbelievable and horrific video yesterday covering this story. reporter: yes, it is ....
To ensure that it wouldn t happen again, but unfortunately, mother nature played a big part in this and it in this and it happened again. fortunately, the river through brisbane didn t reach the peak of 1974, that didn t stop it from reaching the city, though. there are many buildings that will have a ring, a brown ring around them once the water recedes that will remind people for many years to come of just what happened this year. city buildings that are located along the brisbane river, like the museum and the library, the state library, gallery of modern art, they ve all been affected. martha: as you say, those lines across the sides of those buildings will remind people for years to come. rescue efforts are on the way, still, and thank you very much, leslie. these are pictures we are showing on the way out of here. thank you. bill: yesterday they said ....