Tens of thousands of residents from Sydney and Brisbane and nearby regional areas have been forced to flee their homes as extreme rainfall and persistent flooding wreaked havoc across Australia’s east coast.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison is expected to formally declare a national emergency on Wednesday, as he visits one of the worst affected areas, handing the government more powers to deploy aid and defense force personnel. The floods on Tuesday left hordes of commuters stranded around Australia’s most populous city, Sydney, just as the central business district was starting to come back to