Australia ca n’t catch a break . Parts of the country are facing floods this hebdomad that officials said are a 1 - in-100 class event . They come scantily a twelvemonth after the same areas were gripped by devastating wildfires .
The pelter began on Thursday but intensified on Saturday and Sunday . As a result , more than 18,000 peopleevacuated their homesover the weekend in New South Wales , the country ’s most thickly settled state . The rainfall has isolated dozens of Ithiel Town along the east coast , and authorities say up to 54,000 masses could be affected as rain continue into the first part of this week . More than 40 torrent warnings and 20 excreting orders have been issued in the commonwealth .
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Three men shelter under an umbrella near a flooded road as rain falls in Windsor, northwest of Sydney.Photo: Rick Rycroft (AP)
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