be worse! Aussies order tens of thousands of people to evacuate After the rain landslides in Sydney
The AFP news agency reported that On Monday, Australian authorities ordered the evacuation of tens of thousands of people in Sydney. capital city of New South Wales As rivers overflowed, flooding many parts of the city, submerging them, and large masses of water from the city’s largest dams continued to overflow.
After heavy rains hit Australia’s east coast for the third day in a row in the past 12 hours. Rescuers say about 20 people have been rescued from the floods while others are still stranded in their vehicles on flooded New South Wales roads.
Ashley Sullivan, a senior emergency services official, said about 32,000 people were under evacuation orders or warning in New South Wales. We’ve seen water levels in many rivers rise faster than we thought. Water levels in some areas may be higher than the worst flooding on Australia’s east coast in the past two years.
Images of the incident released by a local television station in the morning of the same day. It shows the muddy waters flooding the vast area that has engulfed the Camden neighborhood. Located in the suburbs of Sydney transform into a lake Many roads are submerged. While many cars parked at the level of flooding that flooded to the knees.
In addition, large masses of water have been gushing out of the Warragamba dam since Sunday. July) in the past
Australia has been facing the effects of severe climate change including drought. deadly forest fire The famous Great Barrier Reef is bleached. and severe flooding
