http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/01/13/3111750.htm?section=justin
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12158608
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110112/ts_afp/australiaweatherfloods
http://albert-and-logan.whereilive.com.au/news/story/tsunami-alert-for-brisbane/
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn19938-inland-tsunami-threatens-brisbane.html
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/international/10-dead-tsunami-tidal-wave-hits-brisbane-892
Tsunami makes a better headline. What we have is the result of weeks of heavy torrential rain, dams at capacity, rivers breaking their banks, high tides preventing run-off into the ocean.