Evacuation Due To Floods In Australia

Hundreds more people were evacuated on Wednesday in Australia's flood-hit South-East, as residents of sodden Wagga Wagga breathed a sigh of relief after a levee on the swollen Murrumbidgee River held firm.

Thousands of Australians were on Saturday ordered to evacuate their homes in Sydney's northwest and elsewhere in New South Wales State as heavy rainfall flooded rivers and waterways.

Hundreds more people were evacuated on Wednesday in Australia's flood-hit South-East, as residents of sodden Wagga Wagga breathed a sigh of relief after a levee on the swollen Murrumbidgee River held firm.

Thousands of Australians were on Saturday ordered to evacuate their homes in Sydney's northwest and elsewhere in New South Wales State as heavy rainfall flooded rivers and waterways.