Foreign News
Torrential rains kept battering Australia’s east coast on Tuesday, intensifying the flood crisis in Sydney as thousands more residents were ordered to leave their homes after rivers swiftly rose past danger levels.
Authorities said that about 50,000 residents in New South Wales, most in Sydney’s western suburbs, have been told to either evacuate or warned they might receive evacuation orders, up from Monday’s 30,000.
New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet said that this event is far from over , telling people to be careful when they are driving on the roads and there are still substantial risks for flash flooding.
The federal government has declared the floods a natural disaster, helping flood-hit residents receive emergency funding support.
The Bureau of Meteorology said that the he latest wild storm cell – which brought a year’s worth of rain in three days to some areas – is likely to ease in Sydney from Tuesday as the coastal trough moves north,
But the risk of flooding could remain through the week with most river catchments already near capacity even before the latest deluge.
