Torrential downpours lashed eastern Australia on Saturday, raising deadly floodwaters to decades-long highs, swamping homes and sweeping away cars, including one carrying a team of rescuers.
Authorities in the eastern state of Queensland said two people were killed overnight, bringing the flooding death toll to four since early this week. Another two people are still missing.
Images broadcast on Australian media showed homes and roads swamped, areas of land transformed into lakes and a large chunk of a concrete pier floating down a fast-running river.
The waters snatched the car of a team of four emergency services workers who were heading to rescue a family from their flooded home, said state police disaster coordinator Steve Gollschewski.
«The vehicle in which they were travelling was swept off the road into floodwaters. Three of our members were rescued. One of those members is deceased,» Gollschewski told a news conference.
Source: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20220226-deadly-floods-hit-eastern-australia
