With 15 dead and about 60 missing, and thousands evacuated from homes and businesses, Anna Bligh, Queensland's premier, pronounced the floods the worst natural disaster in state history.

已经有15人遇难，大约60人失踪，数千人从家中和公司中疏散开。昆士兰州州长Anna Bligh说此次洪水是该州历史上最严重的自然灾害。

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Speaking to reporters, Queensland premier Anna Bligh called it "a disaster on an unprecedented scale, " which seemed to be a pretty good epithet for the year as a whole - whatever its cause.

昆士兰州长 Anna Bligh 在接受记者采访时说这是“一次空前规模的灾难”，这似乎可以成为今年全年的很好的修饰语——无论是由于什么原因。

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On Monday, a salvage team on board was assessing how best to salvage the ship in what will likely be a difficult operation, the state's leader, Anna Bligh, told Australian Broadcasting Corp. radio.

周一，一支抢救队伍上船研究怎样抢救这艘船。 昆士兰州州长布莱（Anna Bligh）对澳大利亚广播公司表示，船只的抢救可能会很困难。

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Queensland state Premier Anna Bligh said Friday the spill was larger than had been reported but did not say exactly how much oil was shed.

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Anna Bligh says the causes of this environmental disaster will be thoroughly examined.

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Anna Bligh's comments came as three quarters of the state's coal fields are unable to operate due to being flooded.

BBC: Australia floods 'to hit global steelmaking'

Julia Gillard and Anna Bligh were due to visit Emerald on Friday but were unable to land, instead flying over the area to get an aerial view of the devastation.

BBC: Australia: Queensland floods spur more evacuations