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.

Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

RASON, North Korea - Russian and North Korean railway officials attend a ceremony near Tumangang station in Rason, North Korea, on Oct. 13, 2011, marking the completion of the reconstruction of the railway connecting Khasan station, in a coastal area of the Russian Far East, and North Korea's Rajin port. The reconstruction of the 55-kilomteter railway began in 2008.

Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

RASON, North Korea - A freight train is pictured near Tumangang station in Rason, North Korea, on Oct. 13, 2011, as it moves toward Khasan station in a coastal area of the Russian Far East in a test run on the railway connecting Khasan and North Korea's Rajin port. The test run was conducted Oct. 12-13 for the first time after the completion of the reconstruction of the 55-kilomteter railway, which began in 2008.

Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

RASON, North Korea - A freight train is pictured near Tumangang station in Rason, North Korea, on Oct. 13, 2011, as it moves toward Khasan station in a coastal area of the Russian Far East in a test run on the railway connecting Khasan and North Korea's Rajin port. The test run was conducted Oct. 12-13 for the first time after the completion of the reconstruction of the 55-kilomteter railway, which began in 2008.

Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

RASON, North Korea - Women in traditional Korean dress wave to a freight train near Tumangang station in Rason, North Korea, on Oct. 13, 2011, as it moves toward Khasan station in a coastal area of the Russian Far East in a test run on the railway connecting Khasan and North Korea's Rajin port. The test run was conducted Oct. 12-13 for the first time after the completion of the reconstruction of the 55-kilomteter railway, which began in 2008.

Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

RASON, North Korea - Women in traditional Korean dress wave to a freight train near Tumangang station in Rason, North Korea, on Oct. 13, 2011, as it moves toward Khasan station in a coastal area of the Russian Far East in a test run on the railway connecting Khasan and North Korea's Rajin port. The test run was conducted Oct. 12-13 for the first time after the completion of the reconstruction of the 55-kilomteter railway, which began in 2008. (Kyodo)

Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

RASON, North Korea - Russian and North Korean railway officials attend a ceremony near Tumangang station in Rason, North Korea, on Oct. 13, 2011, marking the completion of the reconstruction of the railway connecting Khasan station, in a coastal area of the Russian Far East, and North Korea's Rajin port. The reconstruction of the 55-kilomteter railway began in 2008. (Kyodo)

Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

RASON, North Korea - A freight train is pictured near Tumangang station in Rason, North Korea, on Oct. 13, 2011, as it moves toward Khasan station in a coastal area of the Russian Far East in a test run on the railway connecting Khasan and North Korea's Rajin port. The test run was conducted Oct. 12-13 for the first time after the completion of the reconstruction of the 55-kilomteter railway, which began in 2008. (Kyodo)

Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

Railway connecting Russia and N. Korea

RASON, North Korea - A freight train is pictured near Tumangang station in Rason, North Korea, on Oct. 13, 2011, as it moves toward Khasan station in a coastal area of the Russian Far East in a test run on the railway connecting Khasan and North Korea's Rajin port. The test run was conducted Oct. 12-13 for the first time after the completion of the reconstruction of the 55-kilomteter railway, which began in 2008. (Kyodo)