(CNN) -- Relief teams rushed supplies into a flood-ravaged Australian city Monday as rising waters threatened to close a highway and cut off the area, officials said.
Seasonal flooding, which intensified about a week ago after monsoon rains caused rivers to spill their banks and reach record levels, had left thousands of people without homes and claimed nine lives across Queensland state by Monday, the state's Department of Community Safety said.
That tally includes three flood-related deaths from the latest deluge, and six other storm season flooding deaths beginning on November 30. CNN
