Flooding in Australia and Bizarre heavy precipitation in Arizona and the western U.S.

200,000 people effected in australia in a flood greater than the size of france and germany combined

"More than 200,000 people have been affected by relentless flooding in northeast Australia, with the flood zone now stretching over an area bigger than France and Germany combined, officials said Friday."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101231/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_flooding