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Tens of Thousands of Australians Evacuated, Hundreds Missing as ‘Unprecedented’ Flooding Hits East Coast
Epoch Times ^ | 2-28-22 | Rebecca Zhu

Posted on 03/01/2022 3:46:03 PM PST by dynachrome

New South Wales (NSW) residents are bracing for unprecedented floods across the east coast, with thousands of residents under evacuation orders and entire suburbs underwater.

(Excerpt) Read more at theepochtimes.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: australia; floods
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Full article behind paywall. Pics show the rescuers aren't wearing masks. The horror!/s
1 posted on 03/01/2022 3:46:03 PM PST by dynachrome
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State Premier Dominic Perrottet has told residents the worst may be yet to come, with 26 evacuation orders affecting 40,000 people, as well as over 300,000 more people under evacuation warnings are in place.


2 posted on 03/01/2022 3:47:47 PM PST by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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Didn’t a government years ago say Australia would dry up and blow away because of Global Warming ,LOL


3 posted on 03/01/2022 3:49:18 PM PST by butlerweave
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To: dynachrome

Better info with pics and access on this site:

Flood disaster in Queensland and New South Wales after a year’s worth of rain, Australia

https://watchers.news/2022/02/28/flood-disaster-in-queensland-and-new-south-wales-after-a-year-s-worth-of-rain-australia/


4 posted on 03/01/2022 3:49:43 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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Australia is taking a beating from God lately:

Tropical Cyclone “Anika” forecast to re-intensify, make another landfall in Western Australia

https://watchers.news/2022/02/28/tropical-cyclone-anika-forecast-to-re-intensify-make-another-landfall-in-western-australia/


5 posted on 03/01/2022 3:50:51 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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I assume they didn’t evacuate the un-vaccinated and just left them in their homes to drown. Those evil people aren’t allowed to leave their homes for ANY reason.


6 posted on 03/01/2022 3:51:14 PM PST by CFW
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“Full article behind paywall.”

Pass.


7 posted on 03/01/2022 3:51:19 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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Thanks.


8 posted on 03/01/2022 3:52:15 PM PST by dynachrome ("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
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I guess the ridiculous Covid pandemic wasn’t the only thing to be worried about!

Go to hell Australian Nazis.


9 posted on 03/01/2022 3:56:51 PM PST by wildcard_redneck (Welcome to leftist Planet Lab Cage where are YOU are the rat)
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I love Epoch Times but the paywall stinks.
Thanks for your post BTW.


10 posted on 03/01/2022 3:59:21 PM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything )
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I hope they all had masks on.

I know the government is fist and foremost concerned about that.


11 posted on 03/01/2022 4:00:00 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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Tim Flannery said something about all the reservoirs drying up in Australia right before the floods like 10 or 20 years ago


12 posted on 03/01/2022 4:00:26 PM PST by dsrtsage ( Complexity is just simple lacking imagination)
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Those evil people aren’t allowed to leave their homes for ANY reason.

This is simply not true.

I am getting really really sick of the utter lies people are spreading about Australia.

13 posted on 03/01/2022 4:01:16 PM PST by naturalman1975 ("America was under attack. Australia was immediately there to help." - John Winston Howard)
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Where are the MASKS!?!?!?! No wonder their P.M. got Covid!


14 posted on 03/01/2022 4:06:21 PM PST by montag813
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This can’t be! The Aussies were told this wouldn’t happened if they went full tilt on solar! LOL


15 posted on 03/01/2022 4:12:23 PM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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I clicked the “or read this article without an account” link. Evidently the “paywall” is about as secure as Hillary’s email server. LOL


16 posted on 03/01/2022 4:13:46 PM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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Yup. Sounds like the Antarctic ice cap has melted ahead of schedule.


17 posted on 03/01/2022 4:13:54 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyranny is obedience to God.)
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To: Tell It Right

I missed that; many thanks, I’ll try it.


18 posted on 03/01/2022 4:15:40 PM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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It's summer Down Under...droughts and floods are a dime a dozen.
19 posted on 03/01/2022 4:24:55 PM PST by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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And on the strength of those beliefs, flood-mitigating dam projects were defunded. Oops.


20 posted on 03/01/2022 4:27:51 PM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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