A wild climate system that dumped greater than a yr’s value 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 folks have been killed for the reason that deluge started, together with a Queensland girl, whose physique was discovered on Saturday, based on police.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) of NSW mentioned a brand new climate system may convey one other spherical of heavy rains throughout NSW, of which Sydney is the capital, elevating the dangers of flooding.
“We are going through, sadly, a couple of extra days of ongoing moist, stormy climate which will probably be fairly harmful for residents of NSW,” BOM meteorologist Jane Golding mentioned at a televised briefing.
In the north of New South Wales, the Clarence River remained at a serious flood degree, 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 technique of restoration will take months, authorities mentioned on Sunday, whereas donating greater than 2 million Australian {dollars} (about $1.5 million) to completely different charities.
“For an occasion that lasted simply three days, it may have a big effect on our financial system and on our finances,” Queensland’s treasurer, Cameron Dick, mentioned at a briefing.