Rescue efforts in full swing as Australia’s inland towns brace for flood peaks
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Emergency crews in Australia’s most populous state New South Wales were evacuating people and livestock and sandbagging towns on Saturday ahead of an expected peak in floodwaters, with one river forecast to hit a 70-year high water mark. Australia’s east is in the grip of the fourth major flood crisis this year due […]
Australia to spend $A800 million to move or flood-proof homes in inundated areas
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia will spend $A800 million to repair, retrofit and buy back homes in the flood-prone north-west of the country’s largest state as the region recovers from its third inundation this year. Clean-up efforts are underway across Australia’s south-east as swollen rivers recede after the country’s third bout of flooding this year. The wettest […]
Australia flood crisis enters third week as heavy rains lash east
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Already-flooded towns across Australia’s east were on high alert on Monday after a weekend of heavy rains, with authorities warning a wild weather system could persist until later this week and trigger renewed riverbank bursts. Thousands of homes and farms over a wide swathe of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia’s two most […]
Australia floods crisis set to worsen amid forecast for more rain
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Thousands of residents across south-east Australia braced for renewed flooding on Tuesday as weather forecasters warned of more downpours later this week, while swollen rivers continued to roll downstream inundating farms, towns and homes. Australia’s longest river, the Murray, which straddles the border between the two most populous states of New South Wales […]
Australians take stock of flood damage amid warnings of more rain
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Thousands of Australians on Monday returned to homes and businesses to assess flood damage even as evacuation warnings remained in inland regions of the southeast and authorities warned of more rain ahead which could trigger renewed flooding. Major flood warnings are in place across many regions despite little rainfall over the weekend with […]
Sydney residents assess flood damage as wild weather eases
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Heavy rain that pummelled Sydney over the last five days eased on Thursday as flood-weary residents looked to return to homes to take stock of the damage, some for the third time this year. An intense low-pressure system formed off Australia’s east coast over the weekend has weakened, satellite images showed, but major […]
Thousands more evacuate in Sydney even though heavy rains ease
Sydney, AustraliaReuters A wild storm system that has pounded several parts of Sydney with torrential rain for four days has moved away from the city, satellite images showed on Wednesday, although rivers remained above danger levels, forcing more evacuations. More than 85,000 people in New South Wales, most in Sydney’s western suburbs, have been asked […]
Sydney asks thousands to evacuate as heavy rains cause flash floods
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Torrential rain pummelled Australia’s east coast on Thursday with Sydney receiving nearly a month’s rain overnight, turning suburban roads into rivers and triggering evacuations as authorities warn of more rain through the day. A man swept away by floodwaters in the city’s north-west was rescued by emergency crews, media reported, while television footage […]
As floods ease, Australia’s biggest state braces for damaging surf and wind
Reuters The entire coast of Australia’s most populous state was told to brace for high waves and powerful winds on Thursday as a low pressure system that left entire towns flooded moved offshore. The change brought a reprieve for large swathes of northern New South Wales – flooded this week for the second time in […]
Lifestory: First came the floods. Then “an amazing thing happened”…
SAMANTHA ELLEY writes about how her life was dramatically upended when flood waters inundated her home and her community…