Hello and welcome to the details of Torrential rain triggers flash floods as Australia’s worst in years leave communities cut off, 50,000 warned to evacuate and now with the details
Nevin Al Sukari - Sana'a - This handout photo taken on May 21, 2025 and released on May 22 by the New South Wales (NSW) Police Force shows an aerial view from a police helicopter of flooded areas near the NSW town of Taree. Torrential rain lashed eastern Australia on May 22, triggering heavy flooding that state Premier Chris Minns said left one person dead and nearly 50,000 stranded. — New South Wales Police Force handout/AFP pic
- Body of a man found in flooded home, three missing
- Major flooding occurring in rural towns in New South Wales
- More than 100 schools closed, thousands without power
SYDNEY, May 22 — Torrential rain pummelled Australia’s south-east today, triggering flash flooding and forcing officials to issue fresh evacuation orders, while 50,000 residents were warned to prepare to isolate with more downpours expected over the next 24 hours.
Major flooding hit several rural towns in the Hunter and Mid North Coast regions of New South Wales, Australia’s most populous state, with most of the Mid North Coast region facing further heavy rainfall through today.
Police said the body of a 63-year-old man was found in a flooded home near Taree, more than 300km north of Sydney. The rural town is one of the worst-hit by the floods, that have washed away farms and destroyed homes, roads and bridges.
“We’re bracing for more bad news in the next 24 hours. This natural disaster has been terrible for this community,” New South Wales Premier Chris Minns said during a media briefing.
“There’re 140 flood warnings, 50,000 people are in the range where they have been asked to prepare to evacuate and could be isolated, and there’s been 9,500 properties in the direct vicinity. So, we’re far from out of the woods here.”
Two men and one woman have been reported missing in separate incidents, authorities said.
More than 100 schools were closed on Thursday, while thousands of properties remained without power.
A drone view of flooding around Settlement Point Road, in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, May 22, 2025. — AAP/Lindsay Moller pic via Reuters
More heavy rain
A slow-moving coastal trough has dumped about four months of rain over the past two days, cutting off entire towns and stranding residents on roofs and the second storeys of their homes, as rescuers struggled to access the area by boat or air.
Minns apologised to people who had to wait for several hours for rescue crews, but assured efforts had been ramped up with 2,500 emergency services personnel being sent out.
Television images showed a woman winched to a helicopter from a flooded property, while several people were seen being rescued on boats.
Jason Herbert, the manager at a campground and boat shed in Port Macquarie, said the flooding was worse than he expected, and that it would take more time to assess damages.
“We prep for a moderate flood, which we can do. We lift fridges up over a metre, but they’ve all gone last night,” Herbert told ABC News.
Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology forecast that some areas could receive up to 200mm of rain through tomorrow, triggering life-threatening flash flooding, before the weather system is expected to weaken and track south toward Sydney. — Reuters
These were the details of the news Torrential rain triggers flash floods as Australia’s worst in years leave communities cut off, 50,000 warned to evacuate for this day. We hope that we have succeeded by giving you the full details and information. To follow all our news, you can subscribe to the alerts system or to one of our different systems to provide you with all that is new.
It is also worth noting that the original news has been published and is available at Malay Mail and the editorial team at AlKhaleej Today has confirmed it and it has been modified, and it may have been completely transferred or quoted from it and you can read and follow this news from its main source.
