Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 2

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 3

Flooding has battered cities and towns across the Mid-North Coast and the Hunter Region in northern New South Wales, leaving many residents stranded or forced to evacuate after days of heavy rainfall. In the city of Taree, the Manning River surpassed its 1929 record of six meters and was still rising as of Wednesday morning, May 21. Authorities have issued 13 emergency-level alerts.

Idakiso Station inspection ground

Idakiso Station inspection ground

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Photo shows Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Idakiso Station inspection ground in Wakayama, western Japan, on July 17, 2014, following its registration as a Japanese tangible cultural property in April 2014.

Cat station masters attend cultural property ceremony

Cat station masters attend cultural property ceremony

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A bronze registration plate commemorating the designation of Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Idakiso Station inspection ground as a Japanese tangible cultural property is unveiled in Wakayama, western Japan, on July 17, 2014, with the station's feline "station master" Nitama (L) and Kishi's "station master" Tama in attendance.

Stationmaster cat Tama presented with own train

Stationmaster cat Tama presented with own train

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Cat Tama the stationmaster looks out of the window from the driver's room of the ''Tama Densha'' at Idakiso Station of Wakayama Electric Railway Co. on March 21.

Stationmaster cat Tama presented with own train

Stationmaster cat Tama presented with own train

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Cat Tama the stationmaster looks out of the window from the driver's room of the ''Tama Densha'' at Idakiso Station of Wakayama Electric Railway Co. on March 21. (Kyodo)

Idakiso Station inspection ground

Idakiso Station inspection ground

WAKAYAMA, Japan - Photo shows Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Idakiso Station inspection ground in Wakayama, western Japan, on July 17, 2014, following its registration as a Japanese tangible cultural property in April 2014. (Kyodo)

Cat station masters attend cultural property ceremony

Cat station masters attend cultural property ceremony

WAKAYAMA, Japan - A bronze registration plate commemorating the designation of Wakayama Electric Railway Co.'s Idakiso Station inspection ground as a Japanese tangible cultural property is unveiled in Wakayama, western Japan, on July 17, 2014, with the station's feline "station master" Nitama (L) and Kishi's "station master" Tama in attendance. (Kyodo)

Japanese railway commemorates 10th anniversary of cat stationmaster

Japanese railway commemorates 10th anniversary of cat stationmaster

Yontama (L), an 8-month-old calico cat, receives a letter of appointment from Wakayama Electric Railway Co. on Jan. 5, 2017, making it an apprentice stationmaster at Idakiso Station on the Kishigawa Line. Nitama (R), a cat stationmaster at Kishi Station, held by Mitsunobu Kojima, president of the railway operator, also attended the event held at Kishi Station in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan, which included a ceremony to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the appointing of Tama, the first feline stationmaster at Kishi Station. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo