The torrent
Subtitle: Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley, January 2011
By: Amanda Gearing
Publisher: University of Queensland Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: St Lucia, Qld
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780702249204
Subjects: Floods; Disasters
Other titles: Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley, January 2011
Description: Of all the extraordinary stories to emerge from the catastrophic Queensland floods of January 2011, the most starkly tragic and dramatic were those that came out of Toowoomba and the Lockyer Valley. "The Torrent" is a unique and powerful account of the devastating power of nature - and the enduring resilience of the human spirit.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-239).