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Tens of thousands of people had been ordered to evacuate their homes and many more had been told to prepare to flee as eastern Australia is experiencing the worst flood in decades.

Military helicopters airlifted stranded people from rooftops in submerged neighborhoods and a tenth victim was found on Tuesday following days of torrential rain.

The devastating weather has submerged several towns and bridges in Queensland and New South Wales, and is moving to the south with heavy rains and possible flash flooding forecasted for Sydney.

"This rather significant weather system ... we will see it come into the central coast of Sydney and we are already experiencing elements of that right now," Prime Minister Scott Morrison explained during a media briefing.

Sydney is Australia's largest city and home to more than 5 million people. It could receive up to 150 mm (6 inches) of rains within a six-hour period, the Bureau of Meteorology said. (Sydney's mean rainfall for March is 138 mm.)

New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet described the extreme weather as a "one-in-a-one thousand-year event" and said emergency crews carried out more than 1,000 rescues in the state after receiving 6,000 calls for help so far.

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Jess Ovo
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Poor thing. At least he was able to save himself. Other animals surely weren't that lucky :c

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

On behalf of all of humanity, I apologize for our utter stupidity and refusal to act.

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How high were the flood waters in Gympie.

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Hundreds of people are still stuck at their homes in the northern New South Wales city of Lismore, facing its worst floods in history, amid reports of some even spending the night on rooftops.

Mayor Steve Krieg said that nine people were still missing with 400 rescues yet to be carried out.

According to authorities, around 50 people were rescued after they became stuck on a bridge overnight when fast-rising waters submerged both ends.

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Just north of Brisbane. Name a more ironic sign.

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Australia's east coast summer has been dominated by the La Nina climate pattern (which is typically associated with greater rainfall) for a second straight year.

Brisbane, Australia's third-largest city, received around 80% of its annual rainfall over the last three days alone, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said on Tuesday.

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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You're right but it's already too late. What we do now will help 'start reversing what we've done in about a century. Until then it's going to get very much worse. Sorry. People in low areas around coasts should be moving. If you live on a floodplain for any waterway, move uphill now by at least 200 to 300 feet. Too many people hemming and hawing, dragging their feet. This isn't going away and it's not going to be magically fixed overnight.

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Perrottet said 40,000 people were ordered to evacuate, while 300,000 others were placed under evacuation warnings.

"We'll be doing everything ... we can to get everybody to safety and get these communities right across our state back on their feet as quickly as possible," Perrottet told reporters in Sydney.

Government meteorologist Jonathan Howe described the amount of recent rainfall in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland as "astronomical."

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Kindlovinghumble
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can't imagine being bedridden or super sick in a hospital and this flood happens. It would be terrifying and such a helpless feeling.

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Queensland Police Commissioner Katarina Carroll said emergency services held grave concerns for a man in his 70s who fell from his moored yacht in the state capital Brisbane into a swollen river on Saturday and for a 76-year-old man who disappeared with his vehicle in floodwater northwest of Brisbane on Sunday.

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Raena Celis
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The poor wildlife can't get a break. First three wildfires, now this. I pray both the animals and the people of Australia pull thru. God help them

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Australia's hottest and driest year on record was 2019 which ended with devastating wildfires across the southeast part of the country. The fires then killed 33 people directly and another 400 people were killed by the smoke.

The fires also destroyed more than 3,000 homes and 19 million hectares (47 million acres ) of farmland and forests.

But two La Nina weather patterns have since brought above-average rainfall to the same regions.

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GoddessOdd
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

By the time they get the mess cleared, it will be time for another "once in a lifetime" flood. Too bad we can't move some of this water to areas besieged by historic droughts.

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Scagsy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Imagine having mobility issues in this situation. It must be terrifying.

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GoddessOdd
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this looks like a beautiful historic building. I hope they can save her, and don't decided it's too costly to save.

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Jofeen
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My brain can't even comprehend this. I hope every one makes it to safety

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GoddessOdd
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I know the coming days will be as bad as the actual flood...clearing the destruction and mud is a nightmare. Poor Lismore.

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GoddessOdd
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I spent more than two weeks without power after Hurricane Charley. The aftermath is really difficult when you're high and dry... I can't imagine slogging thru mud and trying to cope. Little things like dry clothes and the ability to do laundry become a lot more important.

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GoddessOdd
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It looks like rescue efforts are further complicated by metal roofs. In New Orleans people put axes in their attics to help free themselves if the water got that high. I don't know that an axe would help with a metal roof.

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GoddessOdd
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The only good thing seems to be that the water is moving relatively slowly, not tsunami levels.

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GoddessOdd
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

What is needed is the equivalent of a "Cajun navy", civilians who organized and rescued a lot of people. Most of the area the Cajuns patrolled was filled with commercial fisherman, so there were a lot of boats available. I think if I lived in this area, I would buy a boat and keep it on the roof.

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GoddessOdd
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I see these people with their animals, and always worry about that. I have too many animals in my care to easily move them... and if I did, then what? I can see me floating a dozen cat carriers down the street trying to find shelter.

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Missy Missy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Those pictures are from a bridge in Woodburn, NSW. Not far from Lismore. The entire Northern Rivers region has flooded.

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Cecily Holland
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

10 years after 2011 and Wivenhoe Damn STILL hasn’t had promised work done

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GoddessOdd
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Time to take serious action. We're all going to need to find high ground in the coming years.

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GoddessOdd
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Even water half this deep, even a quarter of this depth, usually ruins everything, but sometimes people can come in after the water recedes and save photos and stuff hanging on the walls. Doesn't look like they'll have the chance even of that 😢😢😢

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Candia Lee
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The floods in Australia are extensive. I looked at some maps, but had no concept of scale. One map site is gone, stating it was no longer accurate. Is it all rain and rise or have there been rushing waters?

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Candia Lee
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I was unaware of the flooding until I saw the BP article, tho it has been on TV news. This is horrible, so much rain! Nearly a year's worth in 3 days.

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Candia Lee
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This flooding is terrible. We're there infrastructure changes after the 2011 floods to mitigate future problems?

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Candia Lee
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If it was this bad on Monday, how much worse is it now? Has the rain stopped? Are the rivers cresting, rising, falling?

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Emily Ducat
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh for gods sakes, they were probably talking about the services in general not in regards to themselves. I'm upset about what happened and I live two hours away. I don't blame the SES per se but the lack of funding having only two rescue boats for all of Lismore is ridiculous. The BOM was telling the government it would be bad, why wasn't there more effort made to get services in place before the flooding happened.

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Scagsy
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2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It takes a special kind of self-righteousness to turn a human tragedy into an advertisement for an eating choice. She should be ashamed.

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