A rescue worker stands at the entrance to Windsor Bridge after the area was inundated with floods in the Windsor area in northwestern Sydney on March 23, 2021, after torrential downpours have lashed Australia's southeast for days.
Strained emergency services — which just one year ago were battling drought and unprecedented bushfires — used military aircraft and watersports equipment to access cut-off communities. “We’ve never seen anything like this ever,” said 50-year-old Jodie Sallustio, who has been stranded by floodwaters surrounding her partner’s Port Macquarie home since Friday.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Warragamba Dam, Sydney’s main drinking water source, was expected to continue spilling over into already swollen rivers for another week.Emergency services have responded to more than 10,000 calls for help.So far, no fatalities or serious injuries have been reported, but thousands of homes and businesses are believed to have been damaged.
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