WEBVTT - Headlines: Outback Qld communities cut off by floods

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<v Speaker 1>From The Daily Os. I'm Zara Seidler, I'm Emma Gillespie.

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<v Speaker 1>It's Monday, the thirty first of March. Here's what's making

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<v Speaker 1>headlines this evening.

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<v Speaker 2>Floodwaters are continuing to rise in parts of outback Queensland,

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<v Speaker 2>where farming communities remain cut off following intense rainfall in

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<v Speaker 2>the state's west. The Bureau of Meteorology has issued dozens

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<v Speaker 2>of severe weather warnings, including five major flood warnings around

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<v Speaker 2>the southwest Queensland towns of Thagaminda, Yulo and Winderer. More

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<v Speaker 2>than six hundred and fifty mills of rain has fallen

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<v Speaker 2>on parts of the state in the last week, prompting

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<v Speaker 2>around one hundred evacuations and forty rescues. While rain has

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<v Speaker 2>mostly eased, Queensland Premier David chris a Fully has warned

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<v Speaker 2>many river catchments across the state are yet to see

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<v Speaker 2>the worst of the flooding event. He also warned the

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<v Speaker 2>impacts to agricultural communities would be significant, with fears that

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<v Speaker 2>up to two million sheep and cattle could be lost

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<v Speaker 2>in the floods.

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<v Speaker 1>A Sydney mother has been arrested in relation to the

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<v Speaker 1>stabbing of her three children at a home in the

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<v Speaker 1>city's northwest. Officers were called to Balkham Hills this morning,

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<v Speaker 1>where they found a ten year old boy, a thirteen

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<v Speaker 1>year old girl and a sixteen year old girl and

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<v Speaker 1>their mother with stab wounds. All four were taken to

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<v Speaker 1>hospital in a stable condition. Detective Superintendent Naomi Moore said

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<v Speaker 1>the children's father discovered the children injured in their rooms

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<v Speaker 1>before he contacted police. Moore described the family as quote

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<v Speaker 1>relatively normal. This is the first time police have responded

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<v Speaker 1>to this house for any type of domestic situation. She said.

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<v Speaker 1>A forty seven year old woman was placed under arrest

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<v Speaker 1>as she receives ongoing treatment in hospital.

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<v Speaker 2>Recovery efforts are continuing after a seven point seven magnitude

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<v Speaker 2>earthquake struck me and Mar and Thailand on Friday. The

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<v Speaker 2>death toll in me and Mar has reached seventeen hundred,

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<v Speaker 2>while thousands are injured. Severe aftershocks have continued as rescue

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<v Speaker 2>crews and volunteers work to find survivors and bodies buried

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<v Speaker 2>beneath rubble in forty degree heat. Meanwhile, a disaster zone

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<v Speaker 2>has been declared in Bangkok, more than one thousand kilometers

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<v Speaker 2>from the earthquake's epicenter. At least eighteen people have been

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<v Speaker 2>confirmed dead in the Thai capital after the earthquake destroyed

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<v Speaker 2>a high rise city building. The US, China, Russia, and

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<v Speaker 2>India have pledged international aid to support recovery efforts.

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<v Speaker 1>And today's good news. Scientists in the US have launched

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<v Speaker 1>the world's largest feline genetics study. It's aimed at shedding

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<v Speaker 1>light on the mysteries of cats. A team of researchers

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<v Speaker 1>from MIT, Harvard, and UMass have already collected the DNA

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<v Speaker 1>of five thousand cats for the Darwin's Cats Community Science

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<v Speaker 1>Initiative and are calling on more pet owners to participate.

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<v Speaker 1>Unlike traditional DNA collection, which involves taking saliva or blood samples,

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<v Speaker 1>they're using breakthrough sequel to analyzed cat fur by decoding

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<v Speaker 1>feline DNA. This way, the Darwin's Cats team is hoping

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<v Speaker 1>to learn more about the ancestry, behavior, and health of

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<v Speaker 1>one of the least studied companion animals in genomic.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, if they're looking for some cat fur, it's all

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<v Speaker 3>over my house.

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