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Thousands flee as flood hits Wagga Wagga, Australia
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epa03133435 Volunteers load sandbags onto a truck at the State Emergency Services (SES) headquarters in Wagga Wagga in southwest NSW, Australia, 06 March 2012. More than 9,000 people have been evacuated from Wagga Wagga as flooding continues to ravage vast areas of NSW. EPA/LUKAS COCH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUTLUKAS COCH / EPA
epa03133379 A handout image released by the Wagga Wagga City Council shows the flood waters over the Sturt Highway in Flowerdale near Wagga Wagga, Australia, 06 March 2012. A mass evacuation of the city and its suburbs was ordered on 05 March night, with an estimated 8,000 people forced from their homes ahead of the Murrimbidgee River's predicted peak around midday. EPA/DANNIELLE UPFIELD EDITORIAL USE ONLY AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLYDANNIELLE UPFIELD / EPA
In the worst-hit state of New South Wales, authorities ordered 8,000 people to leave their homes in the inland city of Wagga Wagga, where flood waters were expected to breach an 11-meter levee and swamp houses and the main business district.
Thousands of people in Wagga Wagga moved to shelter at local schools, while the center of the town, home to around 60,000 people, was deserted on Tuesday. Continue reading.
epa03133441 Volunteers fill sandbags at the State Emergency Services (SES) headquarters in Wagga Wagga in southwest NSW, Australia, 06 March 2012. More than 9,000 people have been evacuated from Wagga Wagga as flooding continues to ravage vast areas of NSW. EPA/LUKAS COCH AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUTLUKAS COCH / EPA
