Monday, June 11, 2007

Floodwaters follow savage Australian storm

Floodwaters follow savage Australian storm (AFP)

A helicopter lowers salvage equipment to the 'Pasha Bulker' which ran aground in wild seas near Newcastle. Surging floodwaters were Monday threatening an Australian city badly hit by violent storms over the weekend, as thousands of people evacuated from towns north of Sydney were allowed to return home.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Floodwaters engulfed homes and farms and swept through areas north of Sydney on Monday while disaster workers began a massive clean-up following deadly storms which battered Australia's east coast.


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