"New South Wales" floods, hundreds of schools closed, 50,000 people

Flooding in Australia's New South Wales remains critical, with authorities predicting heavy rain for many areas in the next 24 hours, with 50,000 people warned to prepare to evacuate. Today (22 May 2025), the flood situation in New South Wales, southeast of Australia, is still critical. Rescue workers had to rappel down from a helicopter to help an elderly woman trapped in her home amid high floodwaters. The state emergency services agency said more than 300 rescue missions had been carried out in the past 24 hours and about 590 total since the floods began. สล็อต