SYDNEY, July 5 (Reuters) – Sydney resident Kevin has experienced four floods in his home in the past six months. His yard is littered with dirty debris, and he points to shoulder-high dirt on the walls of his house caused by flooding.
He left his house on Tuesday as one of thousands of New South Wales residents, mostly in Sydney’s western suburbs, who had to evacuate or were warned they might receive evacuation orders. Read more
Kevin, who gave only his first name and is currently being treated for cancer, was planning to move after three recent floods in his Camden suburb. But the moving companies couldn’t agree on a date, resulting in damage to Kevin’s belongings from the last flood.
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“Of course I’ve had enough… It’s over, I’m going to move,” Kevin told Reuters.
The latest wild storm, which brought some areas a year’s worth of rain in three days, is likely to ease in Sydney from Tuesday, the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) said. But the risk of flooding could remain through the week, with most river catchments already close to capacity even before the latest deluge.
The wild weather also affected Camden residents Guy and Kim Peters, who filled the footpath outside their home with flood-damaged furniture and a mattress as they began cleaning up. They purchased the house a little over two years ago.
Guy said she was “absolutely devastated”.
“It’s really hard … We’re just taking it one day at a time, getting through it. We’ve got a lot of families that have come and (are) helping … we’re going to get through it.”
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Reporting by Jill Gralow, Stefika Nicole Baix Editing by Alexandra Hudson
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