Lamgeton, New Zealand – Australian Prime Minister warned that the repercussions of an evil tropical storm during the weekend were “out of the end” with parts of two states flooded in the waters of flooded flooding on Monday, even as the initial threat of the flood continued.
One person was killed and many others were wounded after heavy rains criticized the East Coast of Australia on Saturday, the tallest trees and energy lines, and some parts of Queensland and New South Wales were flooded with record rains. The two states escaped from the level of chaos from the low tropical weather system, which was expected to fall as the first tropical hurricane to hit southeast Queensland in 51 years – before weakening with its approach.
However, 200,000 homes and companies were without authority in the area on Monday afternoon – after the storm pushed the largest blackout in the history of Queensland – more than 700 schools have been closed for today.
Those who live near rivers and tables have been urged to evacuate or stay inside with the continued rise in water levels in some areas – with more rain expectations that cause more warnings during the day. A catastrophe for the city of Ibswich, west of Brisbane, was announced, where a river was expected to flow overnight. The people in the suburbs were ordered to leave their homes.
Meanwhile, in other cities where the flood water began to decline, the cleaning process began as the energy was restored to tens of thousands of people. The scale of damage was not immediately clear.
Prime Minister Anthony Albaniz told reporters on Monday that the workers who were hindered by their livelihoods by the storm would be eligible for social welfare payments for up to 13 weeks starting from Tuesday.
In the city of Lesmore, New South Wales, two military trucks that help in the rescue efforts on Saturday exceeded the injury of 13 out of 36 employees who travel in it. Australian Defense Secretary Richard Marles said that one of them stayed in the hospital on Monday with life -threatening wounds.
Police said that the individual victim of the crisis was a 61 -year -old man who had disappeared in a water -flooding river near the city of Dorgo in New South Wales. His body was recovered on Saturday.
Albanizi warned the residents of the stricken drains that they were “satisfied” with warnings of floods remaining.
He said: “If the water is flooded, then forget that,” referring to travel or entering the arrogant areas.
Hurricanes are common in tropical north in Queensland, but they are rare in the moderate and populated southern corner in the state that borders New South Wales. The tropical hurricane Alfred was expected last week the first hurricane since 1974 to cross the Australian coast near the capital of Brisbane in Queensland, the third more than the most populated city in Australia.
But it weakened on Saturday to the lowest tropical level, known to carry continuous winds less than 39 miles per hour.
The authorities were afraid of similar scenes of those who suffered from eastern Australia during the massive floods in 2011 and in a series of events 2022 – where more than 20 people died.