INQUIRER.net: Thousands isolated by Australian floodwaters

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Thousands isolated by Australian floodwaters Feb 24th 2013, 04:03 SYDNEY- Thousands of people on Australia's east coast were cut off by floodwaters on Sunday, with the heavy rain claiming two lives as extreme thunderstorms damaged homes and brought down trees in Sydney.   State Emergency Services said the Macleay River peaked lower than had been forecast in the northern New South Wales town of Kempsey, 350 kilometres (215 miles) north of Sydney, and the town appeared to have escaped major flooding.   But the north coast region, including the towns of Port Macquarie and Taree, remained under close watch along with the Hawkesbury-Nepean area west of Sydney.   "In most other areas floodwaters are falling," State Emerge... Keep on reading: Thousands isolated by Australian floodwaters Media files: australia-flood.jpg (image/jpeg)

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