What about the local residents in Australia and New South Wales after the worst flood in 50 years?

It is understood that the local emergency service department has carried out at least 500 rescues, including hanging people from cars. At the same time, the helicopter rescued a trapped family from the flooded home. According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, the rainfall in recent days? Unusual? It reaches 1000mm in some areas. As the weather system sweeps inland, the authorities are most worried about the residents of low-lying areas in northern and western Sydney, the central coast of New South Wales and the Hawksbury Valley. Local officials said that the flood caused huge losses in New South Wales, forcing15,000 people on the northern central coast of the state to evacuate and 3,000 people in Sydney to evacuate. The soaring river cut off roads and bridges, forcing about 150 schools to suspend classes on Monday. Livestock are floating in the flooded area, rows of houses are submerged outside the window, and some are floating away with the flood.

On Monday, the water levels of the Hawksbury River and the Nip River, which are adjacent to the north and west of Sydney, exceeded the level of the devastating flood 196 1. Forecasters say that the water level of the Hawksbury River may reach 65,438+03 meters (42 feet) later today. In addition, Varagamba Dam, Sydney's main water source, began to overflow for the first time in five years. Another young couple saw their house in northern Sydney washed away by flash floods, and they were supposed to get married on this day.

Unfortunately, the neighbors photographed the uprooted three-bedroom hut floating on the Manning River after breaking through the embankment. At Newcastle airport, flights have been suspended because the runway is flooded. Authorities also reported that a small tornado that hit western Sydney on Saturday caused landslides and house damage, and 65,438+08 local council districts in New South Wales were violently attacked. In southeastern Queensland, weekend flash floods also affected Brisbane and the Gold Coast.

In the face of natural disasters, human beings are so small. Although we don't know whether this is a natural disaster caused by human activities, we should still protect the environment and be kind to nature, so that nature can be kind to us.