Severe flooding plagues Sydney as major storms hit

Video. Severe flooding plagues Sydney as major storms hit

Torrential rain and high winds battered Australia’s east coast on Sunday, leaving up to 26,000 homes without power while flooding forced hundreds of people into evacuation centres. Roads were flooded and buildings left partially submerged along the coast of New South Wales state as flood waters rose, while state-owned electricity infrastructure firm Ausgrid said it expected the number of homes without power to rise.

Torrential rain and high winds battered Australia’s east coast on Sunday, leaving up to 26,000 homes without power while flooding forced hundreds of people into evacuation centres. Roads were flooded and buildings left partially submerged along the coast of New South Wales state as flood waters rose, while state-owned electricity infrastructure firm Ausgrid said it expected the number of homes without power to rise.