Australia storm kills three people, with more missing

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Australia storm kills three people, with more missing

Post by Scot Dutchy » Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:06 am

Australia storm kills three people, with more missing
Three people are dead and more are missing after massive storms flooded rivers, uprooted trees and tore into beaches along Australia's east coast.

Storms continue to batter southern New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

Erosion at Sydney's Collaroy Beach has forced the evacuation of multi-million dollar homes, which are now in danger of collapsing.

In Tasmania, where major flood warnings have been issued for seven rivers, two elderly people are feared drowned.

A man was reportedly swept into the Ouse River from his own backyard on Monday, while a woman was missing after floodwaters inundated her house in the state's north-west.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-36442209
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Re: Australia storm kills three people, with more missing

Post by JimC » Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:09 am

The east coast has been hit hard. rEv survived, and Melbourne (in the south) was virtually unaffected. It's a big fucking country...
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Re: Australia storm kills three people, with more missing

Post by Scot Dutchy » Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:11 am

A big fucking storm...
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Re: Australia storm kills three people, with more missing

Post by pErvinalia » Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:16 am

Yeah, it came out of nowhere too. I only got warning of it about 2 days before it hit. Storms don't normally cause many deaths here in Oz, so the three dead so far is quite surprising. Four people have died in the last two weeks or so from crocodiles and sharks.
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Re: Australia storm kills three people, with more missing

Post by Hermit » Mon Jun 06, 2016 11:54 am

Absolute water frontage indeed in Sydney's northern suburb of Collaroy.

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Re: Australia storm kills three people, with more missing

Post by cronus » Mon Jun 06, 2016 12:15 pm

Not a storm. It is the sharks fins doing it as they prepare for a land invasion. :nono:
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Re: Australia storm kills three people, with more missing

Post by mistermack » Thu Jun 09, 2016 6:59 pm

Apparently, those homes couldn't get storm insurance.
One look at the photos would tell you why.

Anyway, it's a crime that people could build houses right there. The coast should be a national park. Fuck em.
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Re: Australia storm kills three people, with more missing

Post by laklak » Thu Jun 09, 2016 7:44 pm

Looks like the rip rap worked.
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