July 5. () –
The Australian Government has declared a natural disaster on Monday to allow the rapid disbursement of emergency funds for the inhabitants of the southeast of the country, where a heavy rainstorm has caused the evacuation of more than 50,000 people.
The episode of heavy rain has left more than 102 evacuation orders and 55 warnings for residents in the northwest and southwest of Sydney, affecting some 50,000 people, according to the Premier of the New South Wales region, Dominic Perrottet. , in statements collected by The Sydney Morning Herald’.
During these four days, some places in southeastern Australia have received up to 800 millimeters of rain during – more than the annual average for London, as reported by the BBC – said the spokeswoman for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Jane Golding.
For this reason, the New South Wales police station has reported that they have received more than 5,300 requests for assistance since the start of the emergency, according to the Australian ABC network.
This is the fourth major flood in New South Wales in southeastern Australia in less than 18 months.
In March, Australian authorities reported the deaths of nine people in Queensland from massive flooding that hit the country for days.
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