Thousands of people were forced out of their homes on Sunday in New South Wales due to a rise in floodwaters. More than 1500 people were evacuated to shelters because of forecasts of heavy rain later in the week. Police in the area found a woman's body and believe she was washed 500 meters away from her car on Tuesday in floodwaters. An average of 50mm of rain was likely to fall in some areas and others could get more than 100mm.
I'm really glad that Australia is on top of their game and evacuating people before the disaster occurs. They have the technology and forecast more rainfall and are doing what they can to help these people get out of the bad situations. This all is possible because Australia is a more developed country with the right infrastructure to withstand an event such as this.
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2010/12/05/Floods-in-Australia-force-thousands-out/UPI-43761291582683/
http://www.smh.com.au/environment/weather/hundreds-cut-off-by-deadly-floods-20101208-18pxi.html
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