The Australian Government declared this Monday natural catastrophe to allow the rapid disbursement of emergency funds for the inhabitants of the southeast of the country, where a strong rainy season It has caused the evacuation of more than 50,000 people.
The episode of heavy rains has left more than 102 evacuation orders and 55 warnings for residents in north-west and south-west Sydney, affecting some 50,000 people, as reported by the Premier of the New South Wales region, Dominic Perrottet, in statements collected by The Sydney Morning Herald.
During these four days, some places in southeastern Australia have received up to 800 millimeters of rain during -more than the annual average for London, as reported by the BBC–said the spokeswoman for the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Jane Golding.
For this reason, the New South Wales police station has reported that They have received more than 5,300 requests for assistance since the start of the emergency, according to the Australian network ABC.
It’s about the Fourth Great Flood in New South Wales in southeastern Australia in less than 18 months.
In March, Australian authorities reported the death of nine people in Queensland by the great floods that hit the country for days.