109 Flood warnings were issued, 19 at emergency warning level – 289 rescue operations were carried out
Unprecedented floods occurred on the Middle Ages of New South Wales in Australia today Wednesday, according to the state -owned emergency service, resulting in over 48,800 people and 23,200 houses to be isolated.
At the same time, he predicted another 200mm of rain in the next 24-48 hours.
The Manning River overwhelmed by overcoming the 1929 flood record, and flooding houses and businesses.
Andrew Gning, chief executive of Natural Hazards Research Australia, said the unprecedented floods along the Manning River had an estimated incidence once every 500 years on average.
As 109 flood warnings were issued, 19 at the emergency warning level, residents of the Kempsey CBD, Gladstone and Smithtown were asked to evacuate their areas.
Australia’s state -run emergency service had carried out 289 rescue operations from midnight, most of which were in Taree, Wingham and Glenthorne. Nine helicopters attempted over the area.
“There are some roads where the waters have blocked the houses and we go door-to-door to control residents,” said SES Commissioner Dean Storey.
The Manning River in Tari had been flooded at a level that no one had seen before, surpassing the 5.9 -meter record of 1929, reaching 6.37 meters at 9am. On Wednesday local time, Steve Bernasconi of the meteorological service said.
Bernasconi said the 412mm of rainfall received Tarry in two days were five times the average monthly rainfall for May and one -third of the average annual rainfall.
The Meteorological Service warned of “many floods to come” after the rise of the Manning River at its highest point for almost 100 years due to heavy rainfall.
A meteorologist at the Meteorology Office, Dean Narramore, predicted rainfall from 50mm to 150mm in states north of Forster on Wednesday, with possible individual precipitation over 200 meters.
The locals around the Manning River were notified to evacuate their areas on Tuesday night.
By Wednesday morning, the river had reached a level “that has never seen” Tarar, SES said.
Source :Skai
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