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NewsMail Morning Edition Tue 29 Jan, 2013 Top Stories More Top Stories » Live: East coast flood disaster The death toll in the flooding disaster hitting southern Queensland and New South Wales has reached four, after a young boy died in a Brisbane hospital. The three-year-old suffered head injuries when he was hit by a tree while flood-watching at Gordon Park in Brisbane's north on Monday morning. The bad weather has headed south with thousands of people cut off by floods in northern New South Wales. Bundaberg remains in the grip of its worst flood on record and the river there is still rising. Brisbane is expecting a 2.6m flood peak on the high tide this morning. Follow our live blog for the latest news and emergency information. 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