King Charles III has voiced support for the Australian towns confronting “soul-destroying damage” after record floods last week, the country’s governor-general said Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Five people died as floodwaters swept across northern New South Wales, a river-braided region about 400 kilometres (250 miles) from Sydney.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“My wife and I have been so greatly concerned to hear of the widespread and devastating flooding,” said Charles, Australia’s head of state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“As the immediate emergency passes, I am only too aware that communities are confronting dreadful, soul-destroying damage to homes, properties and infrastructure, and the loss of precious livelihoods and livestock,” he said, according to a statement published by Governor-General Sam Mostyn on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I am deeply conscious that the impact of the crisis will endure for many months.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The storms dumped more than six months’ worth of rain over three days, according to the government weather bureau, smashing records in some areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rising tides briefly stranded 50,000 people, forcing some to clamber atop cars, houses and highway bridges before helicopters winched them away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some 800 houses have been rendered “uninhabitable”, authorities said, and thousands more properties suffered damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
King Charles III has voiced support for the Australian towns confronting “soul-destroying damage” after record floods last week, the country’s governor-general said Friday. Five people died as floodwaters swept across northern New South Wales, a river-braided region about 400 kilometres (250 miles) from Sydney. “My wife and I have been so greatly concerned to hear […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":255,"featured_media":82725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106,13035,7993,12054,114],"tags":[8074,12204,11899,8073,12235,13560,13389,8132,12031],"class_list":["post-82728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australia","category-environment","category-europe","category-politics","category-world","tag-australia-3","tag-charles","tag-climate-3","tag-floods-3","tag-king-2","tag-new-south-wales-2","tag-royals-2","tag-sydney-en-2","tag-weather-3"],"yoast_head":"\n