Australia orders 200,000 to flee floods, city of Sydney spared

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WINDSOR - Australia's emergency services on Thursday ordered 200,000 people to flee from the path of a wild storm that has killed 13 people in a week of record-setting east coast floods, but the cit

WINDSOR - Australia's emergency services on Thursday ordered 200,000 people to flee from the path of a wild storm that has killed 13 people in a week of record-setting east coast floods, but the city of Sydney escaped the worst of the deluge.

"Sydney escaped the heaviest falls today," he told AFP, predicting that the storm would weaken by Friday. Across the submerged bridge, an almost 120-year-old home stood alone on high ground surrounded by floodwaters.Along Sydney's historic harbour, Taronga Zoo prepared for an influx of injured wildlife from torrential rainfall and flooding.

Heavy downpours can make birds' feathers so waterlogged they are unable to fly, a spokeswoman told AFP.

 

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