Australië geteisterd door overstromingen
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Australië geteisterd door overstromingen
Australië geteisterd door overstromingen.
De afgelopen dagen is er meer dan 200 millimeter neerslag gevallen in het noordwestelijke deel van Australië. Het water heeft inmiddels al tientallen huizen geïsoleerd en veel wegen zijn afgesloten.
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De afgelopen dagen is er meer dan 200 millimeter neerslag gevallen in het noordwestelijke deel van Australië. Het water heeft inmiddels al tientallen huizen geïsoleerd en veel wegen zijn afgesloten.
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Homes cut off as floods reach.
Residents in the north-west NSW town of Coonamble are preparing for a tense Christmas Day, with the rural centre set to be cut off by waters from the flooded Castlereagh River.
With more than 200mm of rain falling in the area in the past few days - more than Coonamble's entire three-month average - the State Emergency Services predict that 5.2-metre flood waters will reach the town by 9pm.
Several thousand people could be isolated for up to a week as waters continue rising, with flood waters already destroying fences and killing stock.
The Department of Meteorology says the torrential rains which were predicted to hit the region today will now not eventuate, meaning locals will face medium rather than severe flooding.
However, at least 20 rural properties on the outskirts of the town have already been cut off due to the flooding, and at least 50 more are bracing themselves for up to a week without contact with the outside world.
"As the flood moves downstream, more of these rural properties will become isolated," a spokesman for the State Emergency Services, David Webber, said.
"They are used to experiencing these kinds of events and they are all well stocked up with supplies. At this stage no one has requested supply and we have not had any emergency call outs.
"The changed weather forecast is a real blessing for Coonamble."
The Bogan River is also flooding and is likely to affect other rural towns in the north west in the coming days.
The town of Peak Hill is already experiencing minor flooding, with Dandaloo, Mudall and Nyngan expected to face minor to moderate flooding in the days after Christmas.
The NSW Government announced today farmers that who had lost livestock and had flood damage to their properties would be able to apply for natural disaster relief.
NSW Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald said farmers would have access to loans of up to $132,000, with interest free periods, low interest rates and 10-year repayment periods.
"It is regrettable that a number of farmers have lost fencing and livestock," Mr Macdonald told reporters in Sydney.
"We will attend to that with natural disaster relief arrangements."
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Residents in the north-west NSW town of Coonamble are preparing for a tense Christmas Day, with the rural centre set to be cut off by waters from the flooded Castlereagh River.
With more than 200mm of rain falling in the area in the past few days - more than Coonamble's entire three-month average - the State Emergency Services predict that 5.2-metre flood waters will reach the town by 9pm.
Several thousand people could be isolated for up to a week as waters continue rising, with flood waters already destroying fences and killing stock.
The Department of Meteorology says the torrential rains which were predicted to hit the region today will now not eventuate, meaning locals will face medium rather than severe flooding.
However, at least 20 rural properties on the outskirts of the town have already been cut off due to the flooding, and at least 50 more are bracing themselves for up to a week without contact with the outside world.
"As the flood moves downstream, more of these rural properties will become isolated," a spokesman for the State Emergency Services, David Webber, said.
"They are used to experiencing these kinds of events and they are all well stocked up with supplies. At this stage no one has requested supply and we have not had any emergency call outs.
"The changed weather forecast is a real blessing for Coonamble."
The Bogan River is also flooding and is likely to affect other rural towns in the north west in the coming days.
The town of Peak Hill is already experiencing minor flooding, with Dandaloo, Mudall and Nyngan expected to face minor to moderate flooding in the days after Christmas.
The NSW Government announced today farmers that who had lost livestock and had flood damage to their properties would be able to apply for natural disaster relief.
NSW Primary Industries Minister Ian Macdonald said farmers would have access to loans of up to $132,000, with interest free periods, low interest rates and 10-year repayment periods.
"It is regrettable that a number of farmers have lost fencing and livestock," Mr Macdonald told reporters in Sydney.
"We will attend to that with natural disaster relief arrangements."
©SMH
