Father and son dead in river as flood threat grows
A father and son who hit a river were found dead because his car hit a river because he threatened the rain recordings of an abnormal wet August.
After hitting a tree, police divers found their cars on Thursday at 11.20 and went to the Macdonald River in St Albans in northwest of Sydney on Wednesday.
It is believed that the couple, whose bodies are later in water, have not yet been officially defined, but aged in their 20s and 50s.
A 24 -year -old man survived after he escaped from the car and reached the river coast.
NSW Police Inspector Claudette Gebrael, the vehicle on Thursday, shortly before the recovery told reporters, “We believe that they are sons and father,” he said.
Sydney has been approaching the wet August since registrations started in 1858.
Sydney’s Observatory Hill Station was measured from 24 hours at 9 am 82 mm – exceeding the average of August in one day – the totals over 50 mm were widespread along the nearby coastal areas.
Ses Deputy Deputy Commissioner Debbie Platz said that the agency carried out five flood rescue and called on people to avoid flood waters.
“We don’t know what is under this water… How deep, how fast it flows, so it is incredibly important for everyone to stay out,” he said.
A man was rescued in Douglas Park in southwest of Sydney, while the agency received more than 1100 aid calls.
The state’s last match with severe weather in recent months.
Platz, “storms and floods remained constant this year and we know that people are tired,” he said.
“Some people become complaining – we want you not to do this.”
Sound, he said he was grateful for 11,000 volunteers who participated in repeated answers.
“Of course they get tired, Ms Mrs. Platz said.
Platz said that rolling emergencies voluntarily voluntarily and in May, after the floods in and around the surrounding area, the agency has made more than 300 applications.
The Air Office said that the rainfall was lower than expected on the state, but flood threats remained.
Meteorology Bureau Steven Bernasconi, “Saturated soils and the current rivers full of moderate rainfall shows that these rivers respond,” he said.
“It doesn’t take much to move these rivers.”
Flood watches were active in the midst of NSW, the northwest slopes and the Avcı region in NSW and the great flood on the Namoi River in Gunnedah.
Residents in the north of the river were recommended to be isolated.
A high -pressure system continues in the Tasman Sea, while surface gutters deepen on land.
“Together, they come together to create a serious and widespread wet weather, Bern Bernasconi said.
Higher decreases are expected to be closer to the shore, and the conditions in the coming days should be stabilized.
Port Macquarie at NSW Mid-North Coast recorded 195 mm rain on Thursday at 24 hours-14.00.
The rainy sums of over 50 mm were common in the coastal areas of Sydney, Central Coast and Wollongong.
In Sydney CBD, it fell more than 356 mm in three weeks, and the city, which was determined in 1998, approached the 482 mm August record of all time.
In Southeast Queensland, Yandida Creek on Sunshine Coast took 71 mm rain on Thursday in the morning, 54 mm at Burleight Waters in Gold Coast in the same period.
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