4 Dead, 1 Missing in Eastern Australia Floods
NSW Police use a helicopter to rescue a resident from their rooftop from floodwaters in Taree, New South Wales, Australia, May 21, 2025, in this screen grab obtained from a video. AAP/Sam Halloran/via REUTERS
SYDNEY, May 23 (Bernama-Xinhua) -- Four people have died and one is missing in floodwaters in the eastern Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), Xinhua reported.
NSW Police said in a statement that the body of a man was found in a car in floodwaters near the small town of Nana Glen, about 450 km northeast of Sydney, on Friday morning.
The vehicle was spotted about 4.30 am by a passing motorist, who notified police. Officers and State Emergency Service (SES) members went to the scene and found the body of a man, believed to be in his 70s, inside the vehicle.
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NSW Police said he appeared to be the sole occupant of the vehicle.
It marks the fourth death in the widespread flooding crisis that has hit several NSW regions north of Sydney.
NSW Police said on Thursday night that the body of a woman in her 60s was recovered from a vehicle in floodwaters near the town of Brooklana, about 430 km northeast of Sydney, on Thursday afternoon.
The woman had been missing since Wednesday night when she called authorities for help after her vehicle became stuck. An initial search on Wednesday night was unable to locate the woman or her vehicle.
Her body was found in the vehicle when the search resumed on Thursday, a police statement said.
The body of a 63-year-old man was found at a flooded property in the hardest-hit Mid North Coast region on Wednesday afternoon, and a 34-year-old man who went missing while driving through floodwaters on Wednesday night was found dead on Thursday morning.
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