Sydney is expecting more rain as the death toll from the Australian floods continues to grow. A wild climate system that dumped greater than a yr’s price of rainfall over every week in southern Queensland and northern New South Wales (NSW) introduced widespread destruction, leaving hundreds of individuals within the states displaced and sweeping away property, livestock and roads.
A complete of 17 individuals have been killed for the reason that deluge started, together with a Queensland girl, whose physique was discovered on Saturday, in line with police.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) of NSW mentioned a brand new climate system might deliver one other spherical of heavy rains throughout NSW, of which Sydney is the capital, elevating the dangers of flooding.
“We face, sadly, a number of extra days of ongoing moist, stormy climate which can be fairly harmful for residents of NSW,” BOM meteorologist Jane Golding mentioned at a televised briefing.
Within the north of New South Wales, the Clarence River remained at a significant flood stage, however Golding mentioned the extreme climate appeared prone to clear from Wednesday onwards.
In Brisbane, the capital of Queensland, and surrounding areas that had been hit by heavy storms final weekend which flooded a number of thousand properties, the clean-up continued over the weekend.
The method of restoration will take months, authorities mentioned on Sunday, whereas donating greater than 2 million Australian {dollars} (about $1.5 million) to totally different charities.
“For an occasion that lasted simply three days, it’ll have a big effect on our economic system and on our price range,” Queensland’s treasurer, Cameron Dick, mentioned at a briefing.
