Once in a century: Australia's east hit by deadly floods

Heavy rain brought record flooding to some east coast areas and claimed seven lives while the flooding in Brisbane, a city of 2.6 million, and its surrounding areas is the worst since 2011, when the city was inundated by what was described as a once-in-a-century event.

People use small boats to travel through floodwaters in Lismore, Australia, Feb. 28, 2022.

Jason Pride checks his neighbor's house in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Feb. 28, 2022.

Auchenflower resident David Miller is seen navigating his boat along the street past flooded houses in the suburb of Auchenflower in Brisbane, Australia, Feb. 28, 2022.

A flooded road at Wooyung in Northern NSW, Australia, Feb. 25, 2022.

Houses are seen engulfed by floodwaters in the suburb of Auchenflower in Brisbane, in Brisbane, Australia, Feb. 28, 2022.

Houses are seen engulfed by floodwaters in the suburb of Auchenflower in Brisbane, Australia, Feb. 28, 2022.

Two people walk past a flooded area at Bowen Bridge in Brisbane, Feb. 28, 2022.

This general view shows a flooded street adjacent to Suncorp Stadium closed off in Milton in suburban Brisbane, Feb. 28, 2022.

A Queensland Fire and Rescue Swift Water Rescue crew moves through the flooded streets in the city of Paddington in suburban Brisbane, Feb. 28, 2022.

Two men paddle kayaks down a flooded street in the city of Paddington in suburban Brisbane, Feb. 28, 2022.

A man evacuates his dog as he wades through a flooded street in the city of Paddington in suburban Brisbane, Feb. 28, 2022.

A man casts a fishing line into the swollen Brisbane River in Brisbane, Feb. 28, 2022.

A boy wades through a flooded street in the city of Paddington in suburban Brisbane, Feb. 28, 2022.

A man paddles his kayak along a flooded street in the town of Milton in suburban Brisbane, Feb. 28, 2022.

A man paddles his kayak next to a submerged bus on a flooded street in the town of Milton in suburban Brisbane, Feb. 28, 2022

This handout photograph taken and released Feb. 28, 2022, by the Queensland Police Services shows an aerial view of the flooded city of Maryborough along the overflowing Mary River.

The Sydney Harbor Bridge is seen through the windscreen of a car as rain pours on the city, Feb. 28, 2022.

People use small boats to travel through floodwaters in Lismore, Australia, Feb. 28, 2022.

Flooded scenes in Goodna, west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Feb. 28, 2022.

Flooded scenes in Goodna, west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Feb. 28, 2022.

Flooded scenes in Ipswich, west of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Feb. 28, 2022.