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Photos: Record-breaking floods devastate eastern Australia

by Grace Widyatmadja

A family stays next to a flooded street in Lawrence, Australia, some 45 miles from the New South Wales town of Lismore, on Tuesday.
A family stays next to a flooded street in Lawrence, Australia, some 45 miles from the New South Wales town of Lismore, on Tuesday. Saeed Khan / AFP via Getty Images

Thousands have been ordered to evacuate as the southeast coast of Australia experiences the worst flood in decades.

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