Monday's incredible deluge shocked Illawarra residents and prompted the State Government to declare parts of the region a natural disaster area. The storm has also taken a heavy personal toll on those whose properties were badly damaged, as they explained to BEVAN SHIELDS yesterday.
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THE next development cycle for new office buildings in Melbourne's CBD has started earlier than expected, sparked by continuing low vacancy rates, rising rents and high tenant demand.
APART from an expected $US35 billion in insurance claims from last week's earthquake, financial losses in Japan will probably fall most heavily on the Japanese government, once it tallies the damage from the tsunami and the nuclear disaster.
