Utility corporations stated about 268,000 properties and companies in southeast Queensland and one other 12,500 in northeast New South Wales had been nonetheless with out energy on Sunday.
“Prospects have to be ready to be with out energy for a number of days,” Queensland’s Important Vitality stated.
“The most important challenges to getting energy again on can be rising flood waters and swollen creek beds, fallen vegetation and mudslides impacting entry roads,” it stated in a press release.
About 14,600 persons are underneath emergency warnings associated to the climate system in New South Wales, the state’s emergency providers stated.
“Within the final 24 hours, 17 incidents have occurred on account of folks driving into flood waters,” stated emergency providers deputy commissioner Damien Johnson.
“Not solely is it a hazard to your self and your loved ones, it is usually harmful as properly for the volunteers, the emergency providers staff that must rescue you.”
A 61-year-old man’s physique was discovered Saturday after his four-wheel-drive pickup truck was swept off a bridge right into a river in northern New South Wales.
He had escaped from the pickup and tried in useless to cling to a tree department within the river earlier than disappearing into the speedy waters on Friday, police stated.
