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UPI
23-05-2025
- Climate
- UPI
At least 5 killed by 'devastating' floods in eastern Australia
Days of record rainfall from a slow-moving weather trough triggered deadly flooding in the north of the state, killing at least five people and forcing thousands from their homes. Photo by Lindsay Moller/EPA-EFE May 23 (UPI) -- Five people were confirmed killed on Friday in record flooding in northern New South Wales with 50,000 people cut off, thousands of homes and businesses without power and cattle herds wiped out. Police confirmed the fifth fatality Friday evening after they recovered a body, believed to be a man in his 80s, from a property in the north of the state that had been cut off by flooding and landslides. Three motorists, two men and a woman, drowned in their vehicles after being caught in floodwaters. A fourth man was found dead on the porch of his home northwest of the town of Taree. Authorities issued fresh heavy rain warnings as the weather system headed south, bearing down on Sydney and Newcastle with at least 164 State Emergency Service warnings in place along the NSW coast. Transport for NSW urged people to avoid travel, including those headed to the Vivid Sydney festival, due to get underway Friday night, after flash flooding caused travel disruption across the city, inundating rail lines, subway stations and the airport rail-link, forced road closures and the suspension of most ferry services. With Port Macquarie and Taree experiencing their wettest May in more than 200 years, NSW SES Assistant Commissioner Dean Storey called on residents in communities cut off by flooding to remain patient and follow the advice of emergency services. "We are starting to see rainfall in the impacted areas begin to ease, as the weather system moves to the South Coast. If you are under evacuation warnings, please be patient, do not return home until you're informed it is safe to do so, stay up to date with the latest information, and stay in safe locations," he said. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese took to social media to put out a message of solidarity and pledge disaster assistance and financial help for residents impacted by "the devastating floods." "You are not alone," he wrote on his official X account. "We've now activated disaster assistance across 19 local government areas, including new support for Armidale, Muswellbrook and Walcha. In addition, applications for income support open Monday through Services Australia, to help workers who've lost hours or income get back on their feet," said Albanese.
Western Telegraph
23-05-2025
- Climate
- Western Telegraph
Record floodwaters in eastern Australia leave four dead and one missing
Some 50,000 people have been isolated by flooding along the coast of New South Wales state, north of Sydney, after days of heavy rain. The low-pressure weather system that brought the deluge had moved further south to Sydney and its surroundings on Friday. Four bodies have been retrieved from floodwaters in New South Wales since Wednesday. Three of the victims had driven into floodwaters, while a man's body had been found on the verandah of his flooded home. Rescue personnel assist a resident stranded in flooded waters at her home in Port Macquarie, north of Sydney (Lindsay Moller/AAP Image via AP) The latest victim was a man in his 70s whose body was found in a car in floodwater on Friday near Coffs Harbour, a police statement said. The car had run off the road. A 49-year-old man remains missing after walking near a flooded road at Nymboida on Wednesday night. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and New South Wales premier Christopher Minns on Friday were inspecting devastated communities, some of which had been inundated by the highest floodwaters on record. Bellingen Shire Council mayor Steve Allan said landslides and damaged roads and bridges were complicating the process of reaching isolated communities in his rural local government region southwest of Coffs Harbour. 'We've woken up to blue skies, which is a great thing,' Mr Allan told Australian Broadcasting Corp. 'Our rivers are slowly receding and I think we're probably transitioning from the response phase into the recovery phase this morning.'
Glasgow Times
23-05-2025
- Climate
- Glasgow Times
Record floodwaters in eastern Australia leave four dead and one missing
Some 50,000 people have been isolated by flooding along the coast of New South Wales state, north of Sydney, after days of heavy rain. The low-pressure weather system that brought the deluge had moved further south to Sydney and its surroundings on Friday. Four bodies have been retrieved from floodwaters in New South Wales since Wednesday. Three of the victims had driven into floodwaters, while a man's body had been found on the verandah of his flooded home. Rescue personnel assist a resident stranded in flooded waters at her home in Port Macquarie, north of Sydney (Lindsay Moller/AAP Image via AP) The latest victim was a man in his 70s whose body was found in a car in floodwater on Friday near Coffs Harbour, a police statement said. The car had run off the road. A 49-year-old man remains missing after walking near a flooded road at Nymboida on Wednesday night. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and New South Wales premier Christopher Minns on Friday were inspecting devastated communities, some of which had been inundated by the highest floodwaters on record. Bellingen Shire Council mayor Steve Allan said landslides and damaged roads and bridges were complicating the process of reaching isolated communities in his rural local government region southwest of Coffs Harbour. 'We've woken up to blue skies, which is a great thing,' Mr Allan told Australian Broadcasting Corp. 'Our rivers are slowly receding and I think we're probably transitioning from the response phase into the recovery phase this morning.'
Irish Examiner
23-05-2025
- Climate
- Irish Examiner
Record floodwaters in eastern Australia leave four dead and one missing
Record floodwaters on Australia's east coast have left four people dead and one missing, officials said on Friday as rain eased over the disaster area. Some 50,000 people have been isolated by flooding along the coast of New South Wales state, north of Sydney, after days of heavy rain. The low-pressure weather system that brought the deluge had moved further south to Sydney and its surroundings on Friday. Four bodies have been retrieved from floodwaters in New South Wales since Wednesday. Three of the victims had driven into floodwaters, while a man's body had been found on the verandah of his flooded home. Rescue personnel assist a resident stranded in flooded waters at her home in Port Macquarie, north of Sydney (Lindsay Moller/AAP Image via AP) The latest victim was a man in his 70s whose body was found in a car in floodwater on Friday near Coffs Harbour, a police statement said. The car had run off the road. A 49-year-old man remains missing after walking near a flooded road at Nymboida on Wednesday night. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and New South Wales premier Christopher Minns on Friday were inspecting devastated communities, some of which had been inundated by the highest floodwaters on record. Bellingen Shire Council mayor Steve Allan said landslides and damaged roads and bridges were complicating the process of reaching isolated communities in his rural local government region southwest of Coffs Harbour. 'We've woken up to blue skies, which is a great thing,' Mr Allan told Australian Broadcasting Corp. 'Our rivers are slowly receding and I think we're probably transitioning from the response phase into the recovery phase this morning.'
