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Australia flood crisis enters third week as heavy rains lash east

Sydney, AustraliaReuters Already-flooded towns across Australia’s east were on high alert on Monday after a weekend of heavy rains, with authorities warning a wild weather system could persist until later this week and trigger renewed riverbank bursts. Thousands of homes and farms over a wide swathe of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia’s two most […]

Australia floods crisis set to worsen amid forecast for more rain

Australia Rochester flooded farm

Sydney, Australia Reuters Thousands of residents across south-east Australia braced for renewed flooding on Tuesday as weather forecasters warned of more downpours later this week, while swollen rivers continued to roll downstream inundating farms, towns and homes.  Australia’s longest river, the Murray, which straddles the border between the two most populous states of New South […]