Australia: Situation still tense after floods

Watch the video: Parts of Australia cut off from outside world following floods.

In the Australian city of Windsor in the state of New South Wales, residents look with concern at the masses of water that surround them. After days of rain, many regions in eastern Australia are cut off from the outside world. Rescuers are trying to reach the worst affected cities. The situation remains tense. “There’s just been too much rain in the last three months. The land can no longer absorb water. That’s one of the biggest problems we have at the moment.” Many rivers had already almost reached their capacity before the most recent floods. Thousands of people now had to get to safety from the floods, the extent of the destruction is not yet foreseeable Evacuation warnings for the metropolis of Sydney were initially lifted, but meteorologists were already warning of further rainfall.