Thirty -six people were injured today in eastern Australia after a collision of two military trucks on a help mission while the Alfred storm It is causing extensive power outages, with the risk of sudden flooding being real, the emergency management services and police said.

“The latest account I have referring to 36 injured,” said a spokesman for the New South Wales ambulance service, who sent rescuers to the spot near the city Lizmorfacing floods, as well as two helicopters.

He added that the injured were taken to four hospitals.

Some soldiers were seriously injured, the prime minister said Anthony Albanesi in a press release issued together with the Minister of Defense.

Although it was downgraded in a tropical recession this morning, Alfred is accompanied by stormy winds that sweep the eastern coast of Australia, uprooting trees and causing damage to the electricity grid in the southeastern part of Queensland New South Wales.

The storm caused heavy rainfall in this area, with rivers inflating along the 400km coastline of the two Australian states, according to its meteorologists Australianwhich warns of the risk of flooding.

“The rivers have already begun to react to heavy rainfall, with numerous flood alarms (…) in force,” the office points out in a press release.

Although the storm “It started to fade,” meteorologists warn of the possibility of heavy rainfall and strong winds that could continue throughout the weekend.

The corpse of a 61 -year -old man was found today after his 4×4 vehicle was dragged by the rushing waters as he crossed a bridge on a overflowing river in the north of New South Wales. Although he managed to get out of his vehicle, he attempted vain to hold on to a branch before he sinks into the water, according to police.

More than 300,000 households in Queensland Another 42,600 in the New South Wales were immersed in the dark today, as it became known by Energex.

“Although (Alfred) has been degraded, there are very serious risks and it is therefore important that (Australians) do not consider this fading as a reason to relax,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanesi warned during a press conference.

“His impact will be serious and will intensify in the coming hours, even in the coming days,” he said.

About 16,200 people were ordered to move away from their homes in New South Wales, where 30 rescue operations have been conducted in the last 24 hours, according to Australia’s emergency services.

OR Ginny Berkaged 30, she told the French News Agency that she was by chance at work when the wind eradicated a tree, which fell on the house renting in Eleanora, Gold Coast, Queensland.