Two died and Thousands isolated in Australia by flood waters
Sydney: Heavy rain claimed two lives as extreme thunderstorms damaged homes and brought down trees in Australia’s Sydney city. East coast were cut off by flood waters on Sunday.
“Water is a dangerous thing. Deceptively dangerous. Even very low levels of water, if it’s fast moving, can sweep people away,” she said. A 17-year-old boy was swept into a drainpipe on Friday as he stood in waist-high water in Kew, near Port Macquarie, to collect golf balls.
On Saturday the body of a man was found in his submerged car on a road about 20 kilometres northwest of Grafton, also on the New South Wales north coast. Intense storms bringing high winds and heavy rain also tore through eastern Sydney and other areas overnight, ripping off roofs and bringing down trees.
“Local intense storms with reported ‘mini-tornados’ in some locations caused significant damage,” the SES said, adding the worst-hit areas were Sydney’s east, the southern fringe suburb of Narellan and Kiama further south. “Damage included a trampoline blown into powerlines, trees and branches down and roof damage,” the SES said. The latest deluge comes just weeks after torrential rains in the wake of tropical cyclone Oswald flooded parts of Queensland and neighbouring New South Wales.
