Floodwaters swamped some streets in the city of Brisbane and its surrounds
GOLD COAST – Torrential rain from the remnants of Cyclone Alfred flooded swathes of Australia 's east coast on Monday, as workers battled to restore power to more than 190,000 homes and businesses.
"This event is far from over," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told a news conference in the flood-hit New South Wales city of Lismore.The tropical depression dumped 30 centimetres of rain in 24 hours over parts of Queensland's capital city of Brisbane, the bureau of meteorology said. "Rainfall is leading to flash flooding as well as river flooding in parts of the southeast," he told a news conference.
In New South Wales, "helicopters are being used where possible to survey remote areas of the network to help identify the damage", a spokesperson for Essential Energy said."The weather pattern is still somewhat unpredictable. We're expecting some increased rainfalls over the next 24 hours," New South Wales Premier Chris Minns told a news conference.
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