Mud covered friends of Andrew Taylor (2nd r.), pose around a destroyed piano, as they help his family clean their house after floodwaters receded in the Brisbane suburb of Westend. Australia's third-largest city began cleaning up stinking mud and debris in flood-hit areas, but whole suburbs remained submerged. Smaller towns braced for more inundations and forecasters pointed to a threat of cyclones.
PHOTO: Tim Wimborne/Reuters