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SYDNEY — Fresh Sydney An evacuation order was issued on Monday to tens of thousands of residents. This is due to the constant flooding of the third time this year in the lowland suburbs.
A strong low off the east coast of Australia will bring heavy rains throughout New South Wales until Monday after several parts of the state have been hit by a value of about a month over the weekend. Is predicted.
Since Sunday, about 30,000 residents of New South Wales have been told to evacuate or have been warned that they may be ordered to evacuate.
Frustration grew in some suburbs west of Australia's largest city after floods submerged homes, farms and bridges.
"It's just devastating. We can't believe it," said Mayor of Camden, Teresa Fedeli.
"Most of them got out of the last flood, put their homes back and put their businesses back. Unfortunately, they say it's happening again."
More than 200mm of rain has fallen in many areas, and since Saturday it has rained as much as 350mm.
In some areas, flood levels seen in March 2021 may approach or exceed, and the Meteorological Bureau warned in March and April of this year. The violent weather system may weaken later on Monday, but the risk of a deluge remains, it said.
Local media reported that an operation was underway to rescue 21 crew members from a cargo ship that had lost power and risked landing in southern Sydney.
"It was a very difficult time for months to get this flood event behind others. New South Wales Prime Minister Dominic Perrottet was televised. In a media briefing,
Flooded Wiseman's Ferry resident Paul O'Neill feeds a stranded family by boat after water levels have risen and access has been blocked. He said he was carrying.
"The road has collapsed and has not been repaired or touched since the last flood, so now they have closed access to our road. , Then close the ferry. The only way to get home now is by boat, "O'Neill told Reuters.
Australia "Unprepared"
Social media footage shows gas stations, homes, cars, road signs partially underwater, and trash cans flooded It was shown to be floating on the road. Military vehicles were seen entering flooded streets to evacuate stranded families.
Over 300 km (186 miles) of strips along the New South Wales coast south of Newcastle, with potential for approximately 100 millimeters (4 inches) of rain over the next 24 hours. .. Meteorology said.
Weather can cause flash floods and landslides, and river basins that have hit Australia's east coast in the last two years after the La Nina phenomenon (usually associated with increased rainfall) , Already near full.
Climate change is widely believed to be a factor in frequent stormy weather events, the Climate Council said, adding that Australia is "unprepared."
Federal Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt said that climate change must be taken "seriously" due to the frequent floods.
"In reality, we live in a changing climate," Watt told ABC Television.
Bad weather delayed the launch of the NASA rocket from the Arnhem Space Center in northern Australia by 24 hours on Monday, operator Equatorial Launch Australia said. (Report by Renju Jose and Jill Gralow, edited by Sam Holmes, Lincoln Feast, Edwina Gibbs)
