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About 18,000 Australians have been evacuated from flooding across New South Wales (NSW) as heavy rain continues to batter the east coast.
Days of torrential downpours have caused rivers and dams to overflow around Sydney - the state capital - and in south-east Queensland.
Officials say the "one-in-a-50-year event" may continue all week and have urged the public to exercise caution.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has offered funds for those forced to flee.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said no deaths had been reported by late Monday - describing it as "a miracle given what we have been through".
But there has been widespread damage in the affected areas, which are home to about a third of Australia's 25 million people.
BBC
originally posted by: robsmith
a reply to: 38181
Way below normal, here in melbourne there were some grass fires mostly possibly deliberately lit.
Though state wide there were mostly controlled burns.
This summer makes no real sense, itwas a reallymild summer.
originally posted by: ADAMandEVIL
NSW floods live updates: 10m Australians under weather warning as two systems collide
BoM says all states except Western Australia are expected to be affected.
About 18,000 Australians have been evacuated from flooding across New South Wales (NSW) as heavy rain continues to batter the east coast.
Days of torrential downpours have caused rivers and dams to overflow around Sydney - the state capital - and in south-east Queensland.
Officials say the "one-in-a-50-year event" may continue all week and have urged the public to exercise caution.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has offered funds for those forced to flee.
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian said no deaths had been reported by late Monday - describing it as "a miracle given what we have been through".
But there has been widespread damage in the affected areas, which are home to about a third of Australia's 25 million people.
BBC
This is really sad to see. First fires, and now floods. Can our Aussie friends catch a damn break already?