NEW : Electricity is intentionally cut in parts of Queensland . Emergency agency : 200,000 people are directly impacted by flooding . Comment: Prime minister : Flooding will cost `` hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars ''
NEW : Electricity is intentionally cut in parts of Queensland . Emergency agency : 200,000 people are directly impacted by flooding . Rockhampton , Queensland , is the worst-hit major population center . Prime minister : Flooding will cost `` hundreds and hundreds of millions of dollars ''