At least Due to the severe storm, 11 people, including 2 children, lost their lives as a result of drowning or falling trees. Officials on Thursday reported the cyclone that hit Eastern Australia this week.
little school age Passed When a “big branch” fell from the tree today Police said he was in that jurisdiction while with his family in the city of Gowangardie in the southeastern state of Victoria.
Also in Victoria, authorities reported three more deaths between Tuesday and Wednesday. In neighboring Queensland in the north-east of the country, the death toll rose to seven; This includes a nine-year-old girl who was swept away by the flood.
Heavy rains, as well as winds of up to one hundred kilometers per hour, caused flooding and, in some cases, hail, and overtook Christmas Day. More than 124,000 people are without electricity Approximately 45,000 people in southern Queensland are still waiting for this service to be restarted today. Meanwhile, the Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting severe storms to hit south-east Queensland over the weekend.
Similarly, storms that hit New South Wales between Sunday and Tuesday flooded many of Sydney’s streets as well as the city’s airport, while dozens of homes in neighborhoods in that jurisdiction were damaged by hail.
Although Australia is facing a drier than usual climate this southern summer due to El Niño, a natural phenomenon caused by currents in the Pacific Ocean and made worse by Global warming, the east coast has faced a season of heavy rainfall. devastating disasters.