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.

Soon after disaster, a year later

Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show JR Minami-Kesennuma Station in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 12, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2012 (bottom), in which the roof and railway tracks have been removed.

Clock at quake-hit station

Clock at quake-hit station

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken June 16, 2011, shows the inside of JR Shishiorikarakuwa Station in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The clock stopped at 2:46 p.m. when the powerful earthquake jolted the area.

Dead fish near destroyed train station

Dead fish near destroyed train station

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken April 12, 2011, shows a dead fish (front) lying near rail tracks of JR Minami Kesennuma Station destroyed by the March 11 tsunami.

Tsunami-destroyed train station

Tsunami-destroyed train station

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken April 12, 2011, shows JR Minami Kesennuma Station destroyed by the March 11 tsunami.

U.S. Marines complete relief mission on Oshima

U.S. Marines complete relief mission on Oshima

KESENNUMA, Japan - A woman and a U.S. Marine remove sediment at the gas station she operates on the quake and tsunami-hit island of Oshima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 6, 2011. Islanders gave U.S. Marines gifts of appreciation, including a local artist's painting, for their relief efforts as the Marines completed their mission on the island the same day.

Ruined train station

Ruined train station

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken on March 18, 2011, shows the ruined JR Rikuzentakata train station in the tsunami-hit city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture.

Fixed-point observation shows change of disaster-hit areas

Fixed-point observation shows change of disaster-hit areas

Combination photo shows a railway station in the northeastern Japanese city of Kesennuma. Above photo taken on March 13, 2011, shows the railway obstructed with wreckage and debris, while the under photo taken March 3, 2015, shows the railway replaced by a bus rapid transit system. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Clock at quake-hit station

Clock at quake-hit station

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken June 16, 2011, shows the inside of JR Shishiorikarakuwa Station in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. The clock stopped at 2:46 p.m. when the powerful earthquake jolted the area. (Kyodo)

U.S. Marines complete relief mission on Oshima

U.S. Marines complete relief mission on Oshima

KESENNUMA, Japan - A woman and a U.S. Marine remove sediment at the gas station she operates on the quake and tsunami-hit island of Oshima, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 6, 2011. Islanders gave U.S. Marines gifts of appreciation, including a local artist's painting, for their relief efforts as the Marines completed their mission on the island the same day. (Kyodo)

Dead fish near destroyed train station

Dead fish near destroyed train station

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken April 12, 2011, shows a dead fish (front) lying near rail tracks of JR Minami Kesennuma Station destroyed by the March 11 tsunami. (Kyodo)

Tsunami-destroyed train station

Tsunami-destroyed train station

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken April 12, 2011, shows JR Minami Kesennuma Station destroyed by the March 11 tsunami. (Kyodo)

Soon after disaster, a year later

Soon after disaster, a year later

TOKYO, Japan - Photos show JR Minami-Kesennuma Station in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, on April 12, 2011 (top), shortly after the March 11, 2011, quake and tsunami, and on March 4, 2012 (bottom), in which the roof and railway tracks have been removed. (Kyodo)

Ruined train station

Ruined train station

KESENNUMA, Japan - Photo taken on March 18, 2011, shows the ruined JR Rikuzentakata train station in the tsunami-hit city of Rikuzentakata, Iwate Prefecture. (Kyodo)

Videophone class for Japanese students conducted at Antarctica

Videophone class for Japanese students conducted at Antarctica

Members of a Japanese Antarctic observation team, including a junior high school teacher, give a videophone class on Feb. 7, 2017, from Showa Station, Antarctica, to junior high school students in the northeastern Japan city of Kesennuma. About 150 students, teachers and local people attended it. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Junior high students receive satellite class from Antarctica

Junior high students receive satellite class from Antarctica

Maki Hamanaka, a 47-year-old nursing teacher, gives a videophone class from Showa Station, Japan's permanent research station in Antarctica, to junior high school students in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, via satellite circuit on Feb. 7, 2017. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Junior high students receive satellite class from Antarctica

Junior high students receive satellite class from Antarctica

Junior high school students watch a screen during a special class through videophone from Showa Station, Japan's permanent research station in Antarctica, at their school in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, northern Japan, on Feb. 7, 2017. About 150 students, teachers and local people took part in the class by satellite circuit. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo