Channel 7/Reuters Heavy rain forces evacuations in Australia, but conditions to ease soon. Border towns between Queensland and New South Wales were on Wednesday assessing the damage after five straight days of wild weather smashed the east coast. Heavy rains, wild winds and huge seas have forced widespread evacuations as authorities warned of more rainfall, and high tides in the Mid North Coast region in the coming days. With heavy rain continuing to fall in Northern NSW, motorists travelling on Waterfall Way, Dorrigo, have been left to find an alternate route as Newell Falls overflows onto the road. Hazel the dog wandered into sea foam on a Gold Coast beach in Australia Monday (12/14).

Source: Huffington Post December 16, 2020 00:00 UTC