Floods across eastern Australia forced more than 13,000 people to evacuate their homes on Tuesday after record-high summer rains drenched three states over the past week, swelling rivers and forcing dams to overflow.Reuters
Floods across eastern Australia forced more than 13,000 people to evacuate their homes on Tuesday after record-high summer rains drenched three states over the past week, swelling rivers and forcing dams to overflow.ReutersMore than 9,000 people living in Wagga Wagga have been ordered to leave their homesReutersA man drives a boat on a road submerged in flood waters near Wagga Wagga March 6, 2012.ReutersMore than 13,000 people have been forced out of their homes in Australia, following record-breaking rains in the northern Queensland state, in Victoria and New South Wales.ReutersMore than 9,000 people have been forced to evacuate as the Australian Bureau of Meteorology predicted major flooding in the Wagga Wagga region as the Murrumbidgee River is set to peak by midday on March 6ReutersRainfall poured down by ex-tropical cyclone Oswald has brought flowing to the eastern state of Queensland, Australia, where so far 20 have been rescued.ReutersThousands of Australians were cut off by floodwaters over the week-end as heavy rain broke river banks across the vast eastern outback and some families battled with deadly snakes for rooftops, rescuers saidReutersFlood warning sign in Queensland starts to sink beneath rising watersReuters
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Floods across eastern Australia forced more than 13,000 people to evacuate their homes on Tuesday after record-high summer rains drenched three states over the past week, swelling rivers and forcing dams to overflow.Reuters
Floods across eastern Australia forced more than 13,000 people to evacuate their homes on Tuesday after record-high summer rains drenched three states over the past week, swelling rivers and forcing dams to overflow.ReutersMore than 9,000 people living in Wagga Wagga have been ordered to leave their homesReutersA man drives a boat on a road submerged in flood waters near Wagga Wagga March 6, 2012.ReutersMore than 13,000 people have been forced out of their homes in Australia, following record-breaking rains in the northern Queensland state, in Victoria and New South Wales.ReutersMore than 9,000 people have been forced to evacuate as the Australian Bureau of Meteorology predicted major flooding in the Wagga Wagga region as the Murrumbidgee River is set to peak by midday on March 6ReutersRainfall poured down by ex-tropical cyclone Oswald has brought flowing to the eastern state of Queensland, Australia, where so far 20 have been rescued.ReutersThousands of Australians were cut off by floodwaters over the week-end as heavy rain broke river banks across the vast eastern outback and some families battled with deadly snakes for rooftops, rescuers saidReutersFlood warning sign in Queensland starts to sink beneath rising watersReuters
Floods across Australia are continuing to force people out of their homes and a state of emergency has been declared in the city Wagga Wagga amid fears that an 11-metre (35ft) levee would be breached.
More than 13,000 people have been evacuated to escape flood risks brought on by record-breaking rains across huge swathes of Queensland, Victoria and New South Wales.
New South Wales premier Barry O'Farrell said: "If the levee is breached it may not possible for people to return to town for approximately three days."
Analysts warned that if the waters of the Murrumbidgee River break through the levee the city centre could be inundated within half an hour.
More than 9,000 residents have been ordered to leave their homes and about 12,900 people have been evacuated state-wide.
Residents of Forbes, New South Wales, have also been issued with an evacuation order because of rising water levels and up to 400 people have also been told to prepare for evacuation in Leeton, Yanco and Barellan near Griffith.
