Australia issues new flood evacuation orders as it prepares for recovery
More than 6,000 brought to safety as dams continue to overflow and rivers bulge
24 March 2021 - 10:07
Sydney — Australian authorities issued fresh flood evacuation orders for parts of the east coast on Wednesday, and warned that water levels would keep rising in some areas, even as Sydney woke up to clear skies for the first time in several days.
Wild weather systems have drenched the country’s east, prompting tens of thousands of evacuations, especially in the hardest-hit state of New South Wales (NSW) where dams continue to overflow and rivers bulge...
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