Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Historical floods in eastern Australia

Hundreds of people were evacuated Tuesday, December 28, in eastern Australia, where several cities are infested waters after historic floods. Torrential rains have battered the state of Queensland and follow the passage last week of Cylone Tasha, which quickly dissipated. In places such deluge not seen for 50 years, as in the towns of Chinchilla, Dalby and Theodore, to the interior, who found themselves cut off from the rest of the country for two days and part of whose residents were evacuated by helicopter.

FLOODS YET to fear the rain begins to subside in some areas, but flooding is still feared as the water drains out to sea AFP / JEFF CAMDEN Several localities have been declared natural disaster areas, allowing the police to compel recalcitrant residents to leave their homes if necessary.

In the State of New South Wales, southern Queensland, also affected by the floods, homes were evacuated and roads cut off. The rain began to subside in some areas, but flooding is still feared as the water drains to the sea "There are enormous quantities of water that will happen and I think it was problem because it is unclear how many, "said Bruce Grady Emergency Services Queensland, Sky News television.

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