TOPSHOTS Peter Wison (L) and Beata Jaremko sit on a bench surrounded by floodwaters as the Brisbane River brakes its banks at West End in Brisbane on January 28, 2013. Helicopters plucked dozens of stranded Australians to safety in dramatic rooftop rescues on January 28 as severe floods swept the northeast, killing three people and inundating thousands of homes.AFP PHOTO / Patrick HAMILTON