Floodwater recording on the east coast of Australia left four people dead, and one disappeared, officials said on Friday as rain over disaster.
About 50,000 people isolated with floods along the coast New South Wales state north of Sydney After a day of heavy rain. Weather the low pressure system that brought in the submerged moved south to Sydney and her surroundings Friday.
The four bodies are taken from floodwater in New South Wales from Wednesday. Three From the victims he led to floodwater, while the man’s body was found on the veranda of his flooded house.
The latest victim was a man in the 70s whose body was found in the car on Friday flood near Luka Coffs, a police statement is stated. The car fleeing off the road.
The 49-year-old man remains disappeared after a walk near the flooded road in Nymboids on Wednesday night.
Prime minister Anthony Albanese And the new South Wales Premier Christopher Minns checked the devastated communities on Friday, some of which were beaten by the highest floodwater on the records.
The Mayor of the Bellingen Council Steve Allan said landslides and damaged roads and bridges complicating the process of achieving isolated communities in their country local government region Harbor.
“We woke up with the blue sky that are great things,” said Allan told the Australian broadcasting of Corp.
“Our rivers are slowly retreating and I think we probably move from the response phase in the recovery phase,” he added.