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TODAYonline | World | Australia floods leave more than 16,000 stranded
Australia floods leave more than 16,000 stranded
04:45 AM Feb 05, 2012SYDNEY - More than 16,500 people were stranded across New South Wales as flooding in the north of Australia's most populous state cut off towns and damaged cotton crops.
About 2,300 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes, the State Emergency Service (SES) said in a statement on its website. In the neighbouring state of Queensland, engineers are assessing a levee in the town of Charleville that is at risk of breaking, Sky News reported.
The deluge has caused an estimated A$50 million (S$66.8 million) of damage, New South Wales Minister for Emergency Management Robert McClelland said in a statement yesterday.
Australia is the world's third-biggest shipper of cotton, and growers may lose 10 per cent of what was expected to be a record A$2.75-billion crop, the Australian newspaper reported.
In the New South Wales town of Moree, water levels are reported to be receding. But floods in Queensland state have risen to record levels in some areas, causing two regions to be declared disaster zones. Evacuations have been organised for some towns.
Major flooding occurred in Gunnedah, where the Namoi River peaked at 8.03m early yesterday morning, said the SES.
"These floods are going to go on for some time," said SES spokesman Andrew Edwards in an interview on Sky News television. Floodwaters from Queensland have not yet flowed through the river system into New South Wales, he said. BLOOMBERG
TODAYonline | World | Australia floods leave more than 16,000 stranded
Australia floods leave more than 16,000 stranded
04:45 AM Feb 05, 2012SYDNEY - More than 16,500 people were stranded across New South Wales as flooding in the north of Australia's most populous state cut off towns and damaged cotton crops.
About 2,300 people have been ordered to evacuate their homes, the State Emergency Service (SES) said in a statement on its website. In the neighbouring state of Queensland, engineers are assessing a levee in the town of Charleville that is at risk of breaking, Sky News reported.
The deluge has caused an estimated A$50 million (S$66.8 million) of damage, New South Wales Minister for Emergency Management Robert McClelland said in a statement yesterday.
Australia is the world's third-biggest shipper of cotton, and growers may lose 10 per cent of what was expected to be a record A$2.75-billion crop, the Australian newspaper reported.
In the New South Wales town of Moree, water levels are reported to be receding. But floods in Queensland state have risen to record levels in some areas, causing two regions to be declared disaster zones. Evacuations have been organised for some towns.
Major flooding occurred in Gunnedah, where the Namoi River peaked at 8.03m early yesterday morning, said the SES.
"These floods are going to go on for some time," said SES spokesman Andrew Edwards in an interview on Sky News television. Floodwaters from Queensland have not yet flowed through the river system into New South Wales, he said. BLOOMBERG