Wounded troops such as former Cyclone Alfred Batters Australia

Labrador – Australian troops were seriously injured in March 8 In an important road accident while responding to former Cyclone Alfred, which has mistreated a strip of the eastern coast and has reduced energy to more than 330,000 properties.

The old tropical cyclone – now degraded to a tropical depression – He touched land at the end of the night about Bribie Island on the coast of Queensland after staying for days at the high seas.

The weather system has whipped winds of hamburger force that knocked down trees, knocked up electric lines and damaged buildings.

And he is still creating heavy rains, swelling rivers in parts of a 400 km stretch from the coast to horcajadas over the southeast of Queensland and the northeast of Nueva Gales del Sur, said the forecasts of the Government.

Near the city of Lisore, prone to the floods of Nueva Wales del Sur, two trucks of the Australian Defense Force (ADF) deployed to help the community were involved in an accident, which resulted in 36 injuries, some serious officials and governmental services said.

Patients were transported to four hospitals.

“At this time, our approach is in the well -being of those involved and their families,” said Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

“Our ADF heroes were on their way to helping Australians in need,” he said in a joint statement with the Minister of Defense.

The body of a 61 -year -old man was found earlier in the day after his four -wheel truck was swept from a bridge to a river in the north of Nueva Gales del Sur.

He had left the vehicle and tried in vain to hold on to a branch of trees in the river before disappearing in the rapid waters in March 7The police said.

Massive blackouts

The prime minister warned people not to underestimate the threat that represents the wild climate.

“While it has been reduced, very serious risks remain, so it is important that people do not take this degradation as a reason for complacency,” said Albanese.

Public service companies said that 295,000 properties in the southeast of Queensland and another 42,600 in Nueva Wales del Sur were without energy, warning that floods could hinder repairs.

“That is the greatest loss of power of a natural disaster in the history of Queensland,” said State Prime Minister David Crisafulli, estimating that some 750,000 people had been affected since the blackouts began.

Although the “stagnant and began to weaken” weather system, the Meteorology Office warned that intense rain and harmful winds were a risk throughout the weekend.

“The rivers are already beginning to respond to heavy rains, with many warnings of floods smaller than adults,” the office said in a statement.

Evacuation orders have been issued for thousands of people in Nueva Wales del Sur, where 30 flood rescues have been carried out in the last 24 hours, emergency services said.

The Prime Minister of New South Wales, Chris Minns, told a press conference that the emergency was not over.

“It does not end for the following reasons: the rivers are full. The rain continues and is expected to continue falling in the next few days. And the wind conditions are very high and extreme, ”he said.

Mrs. Burke told AFP that she returned home crushed, where her sister said she had heard the tree fall on March night. 7 But he described calamity as “really little exciting.”

“What can you do?” The paramedic asked. “They are just things. Everyone is safe. “

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