Heavy rain has caused serious flooding along parts of Australia’s east coast, especially in New South Wales. Emergency services have rescued 24 people overnight, and more than 2,000 calls for help were made in just one day.
The towns of Taree and Newcastle have been hit hard. In Taree, over 160mm of rain fell in just six hours, and 267mm since Monday morning. About 4,000 homes have lost power on the mid-north coast, and 400 more in Newcastle are also affected.
Two dams—Lostock and Glennies Creek—are overflowing, and the Paterson River has risen above major flood levels. At Gostwyck Bridge, the river reached nearly 14 meters, higher than the 2021 floods.
Emergency officials are urging people not to drive through floodwaters. Many rescues happened because people ignored warnings and tried to drive through dangerous conditions.
“This is a multi-day flood event,” said weather expert Steve Bernasconi. “The ground is already soaked, so new rain flows straight into rivers and creeks.”
Residents like Anne Cross in Taree say this is some of the worst flooding they’ve seen. Emergency teams have evacuated 60 people and responded to 1,400 incidents so far.
very interesting
I loved reading it because, I never knew that maybe chocolate might be gone in the future!
save the chocolate…
I enjoyed this reading because
it show what climate changes does!!
they might have to move most chocolate into a colder place, since the climate clock is getting low
so temperature might get higher.
i love chocolate
I’m allergic to dairy, but this makes me sad for my best friends all around NZ (don’t think it’s weird because I actually do). And my chocolate loving cousin, her name is Dana (I’m from South Korea and she told me how to spell her name in Korean but its not pronounced like Dana).
I know that there are chocolate lovers around the world so, poor them or if you like chocolate poor you (even though I’m allergic to dairy, or to make it easy dairy products: cheese, milk, butter etc).