# Two people have died and another two are missing after major flooding in New South Wales, Australia, left more than 50-thousand people under evacuation warnings. According to the BBC the record rainfall was caused by a slow-moving area of low pressure and has now been declared a natural disaster. More than 100 schools have been closed because of the floods, which have left thousands of homes and businesses without power. Emergency personnel have responded to more than 300 flood rescues in 24 hours and more than 500 since the flooding began.
Two dead, two missing in record Australia flooding