Related News
Australian floods kill man, displace 10,000
Source: Agencies |
May 23, 2009, Saturday
|
Online Edition
Online Edition
TORRENTIAL rains and strong winds left one man dead and forced thousands to flee their homes on Australia's eastern coast, officials said today.
New South Wales state police said the body of a 70-year-old man was found yesterday near where floodwaters had submerged his car in Coffs Harbour in the northern part of the state - the second fatality from the severe weather. Another man died in Queensland state on Wednesday when a sheet of metal blew off a building and crashed through his office window.
Officials have declared parts of coastal Queensland and New South Wales disaster zones. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he would visit the affected region next week.
Authorities today closed all beaches on a 700-kilometer stretch of coast between Sydney and the Queensland coast. Winds of up to 90 kilometers per hour churned swells of up to six meters.
The New South Wales State Emergency Service ordered the evacuation of more than 10,000 people as river waters continued to rise today. Emergency Services Minister Steve Whan said his agency had conducted more than 100 rescues since the storms hit Wednesday.
The Bureau of Meteorology said conditions should begin to ease later today though there continued to be a risk of flash floods.
New South Wales state police said the body of a 70-year-old man was found yesterday near where floodwaters had submerged his car in Coffs Harbour in the northern part of the state - the second fatality from the severe weather. Another man died in Queensland state on Wednesday when a sheet of metal blew off a building and crashed through his office window.
Officials have declared parts of coastal Queensland and New South Wales disaster zones. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he would visit the affected region next week.
Authorities today closed all beaches on a 700-kilometer stretch of coast between Sydney and the Queensland coast. Winds of up to 90 kilometers per hour churned swells of up to six meters.
The New South Wales State Emergency Service ordered the evacuation of more than 10,000 people as river waters continued to rise today. Emergency Services Minister Steve Whan said his agency had conducted more than 100 rescues since the storms hit Wednesday.
The Bureau of Meteorology said conditions should begin to ease later today though there continued to be a risk of flash floods.
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
