Train derailed in Australia flood

27 December 2011 Last updated at 03:46 ET Help

A freight train has been derailed and two people were swept from their car in flooding that struck Australia's Northern Territory.

Two crew members were stranded and hurt when the freight train derailed from a bridge near Katherine, 300km (186 miles) south of Darwin.

A man and a woman were found clinging to a tree after they were swept away from their vehicle in the same area.

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