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Australia's Flood Situation Worsens

Australia's flood crisis went from bad to worse Saturday with a giant "inland sea" threatening more communities in the southeast, as officials continued the grim search for bodies in worst-hit Queensland.

Sandbagging is underway in some villages in Victoria, where weeks of floods have affected as much as one-third of the state, with swollen rivers overflowing in 75 towns and flooding some 1,770 properties.

"We know that this is the most significant flooding in the north west of Victoria since records began... about 130 years ago," a spokeswoman for the State Emergency Service told reporters.

"We are still on alert for towns in the north of the state."

Floodwaters which national broadcaster ABC described as a moving "inland sea" covering an area 90 kilometres (56 miles) long and 40 kilometres wide, were threatening towns around Swan Hill, les than 200 miles northwest of Melbourne.  The forming "inland sea" could get bigger.

"In the actual Swan Hill township itself, we are very confident that the levee system around the town is built to a very high grade and will protect the township," Mayor Greg Cruickshank told ABC radio.

But rural and outlying areas "will have significant amount of inundation through them," he said.

While thousands of people around the state have been urged to evacuate, emergency services warned that those people who choose to remain on their properties in the rural areas could be stranded by the floods.

iPad Free App of the Week: Australian Open 2011

* There also is an iPad only app that is available for about $4 this year.  It looks great, but this is a free Australian Open app that can be used for both the iPhone and iPad.

The Australian Open begins next week and here'a free app that will keep you informed of all the happening for tennis' first Grand Slam event of the year.

This app includes:

Scores
LIVE scoring updates and completed match results.

Draws
Main Draw brackets, updated as matches complete.

Schedule
Daily schedule of play.

News
Latest news updates from the tournament.

Players
Player biographies from the Australian Open.

AO Radio
LIVE radio stream, featuring play-by-play coverage.

Event Guide
A fan's guide to the Australian Open.

Video
On-demand video coverage of the Australian Open, including the latest highlights, player interviews, and exclusive previews of upcoming action.

AO View
Augmented reality navigator for all of the action at the Australian Open: live match scores, nearby food and drink, even the nearest tram stop.

Photos
Photo coverage from the tournament.

Stay up to the minute will all the tennis action from Melbourne, and get this app for free.