Tens of thousands of Australians were ordered to flee their homes Monday, as torrential rain sent floodwaters to record levels, leaving residents stranded on the rooftops of their homes.
Eight people have died, and the country's weather bureau has warned further severe thunderstorms and intense rainfall will cause "life-threatening flash flooding" across a swathe of the central Pacific coastal region.
"We were rescued by two guys in a boat, two locals," Hardiman told AFP, describing the scenes in Lismore as "horrific"."The scary thing is this is just the beginning, there's lots of rain to come."Emergency services were overwhelmed by calls for aid, leading some locals -- including Lismore's mayor Steve Krieg -- to turn to social media for help.
More than 400 millimetres of rain has fallen in the past 24 hours around Lismore, with the town's Wilson River still rising, according to the weather bureau.
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