AUSTRALIA ORDERS FLOOD EVACUATIONS AFTER RECORD RAINFALL IN SYDNEY

  • 21/03/2021

Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) braced for its worst flooding in decades on Sunday, with authorities issuing warnings of a potentially “life-threatening” situation.Sixteen areas of NSW, primarily in the north, were declared “disaster-ridden,” NSW Police and Emergency Services Minister David Elliott said during a press conference, adding that emergency services responded to 640 calls for help, including 66 for flood rescues.Residents in flood-hit areas west of Sydney were evacuated overnight after heavy rainfall caused its largest dam to overflow.

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