Sydney, March 8 (AFP\/APP): The death toll from week-long floods battering Australia’s east coast rose to 20 on Tuesday, after the bodies of a man and a woman were discovered in floodwaters in Sydney.<\/p>\n
Police said the pair were believed to be a missing mother and son whose car was abandoned in a stormwater canal.<\/p>\n
Tens of thousands of Sydney residents have been told to evacuate their homes as severe storms and flash flooding inundated swathes of Australia’s largest city Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The national weather bureau warned of “a tough 48 hours ahead” for Sydney, with 60,000 people subject to evacuation orders and warnings, and the city’s Manly Dam beginning to spill.<\/p>\n
Intense rainfall across Sydney flooded bridges and homes, swept away cars and even collapsed the roofs of a shopping centre and a supermarket.<\/p>\n
In the riverside suburb of Georges Hall vehicles were semi-submerged and police had to rescue people stranded in their cars by rising floodwaters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Sydney, March 8 (AFP\/APP): The death toll from week-long floods battering Australia’s east coast rose to 20 on Tuesday, after the bodies of a man and a woman were discovered in floodwaters in Sydney. Police said the pair were believed to be a missing mother […]<\/p>\n
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