Australia: Record Flooding Batters Northern NSW After Heavy Rainfall 7

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. This video shows a man trying to save his mowers from the flooding.

Daihatsu to double output of commodity engines

Daihatsu to double output of commodity engines

RYUO, Japan - Daihatsu Motor Co. said June 18 it plans to turn out some 30,000 commodity engines at its newly built plant (in photo) in Ryuo, Shiga Prefecture, in fiscal 2005, double the automaker's output in fiscal 2002. The plan reflects brisk sales of lawn mowers and multi-purpose four-wheeled vehicles equipped with the engines in the United States.

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Production of a Spider slope mower in a production plant of the Spider - slope mowers (Dvorak - svahove sekacky) company, in Pohled, Czech Republic, on April 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Production of a Spider slope mower in a production plant of the Spider - slope mowers (Dvorak - svahove sekacky) company, in Pohled, Czech Republic, on April 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Production of a Spider slope mower in a production plant of the Spider - slope mowers (Dvorak - svahove sekacky) company, in Pohled, Czech Republic, on April 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Production of a Spider slope mower in a production plant of the Spider - slope mowers (Dvorak - svahove sekacky) company, in Pohled, Czech Republic, on April 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Production of a Spider slope mower in a production plant of the Spider - slope mowers (Dvorak - svahove sekacky) company, in Pohled, Czech Republic, on April 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Production of a Spider slope mower in a production plant of the Spider - slope mowers (Dvorak - svahove sekacky) company, in Pohled, Czech Republic, on April 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Production of a Spider slope mower in a production plant of the Spider - slope mowers (Dvorak - svahove sekacky) company, in Pohled, Czech Republic, on April 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Production of a Spider slope mower in a production plant of the Spider - slope mowers (Dvorak - svahove sekacky) company, in Pohled, Czech Republic, on April 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Production of a Spider slope mower in a production plant of the Spider - slope mowers (Dvorak - svahove sekacky) company, in Pohled, Czech Republic, on April 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Production of a Spider slope mower in a production plant of the Spider - slope mowers (Dvorak - svahove sekacky) company, in Pohled, Czech Republic, on April 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Production of a Spider slope mower in a production plant of the Spider - slope mowers (Dvorak - svahove sekacky) company, in Pohled, Czech Republic, on April 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Production of a Spider slope mower in a production plant of the Spider - slope mowers (Dvorak - svahove sekacky) company, in Pohled, Czech Republic, on April 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Spider - slope mowers, mower

Production of a Spider slope mower in a production plant of the Spider - slope mowers (Dvorak - svahove sekacky) company, in Pohled, Czech Republic, on April 10, 2019. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Daihatsu to double output of commodity engines

Daihatsu to double output of commodity engines

RYUO, Japan - Daihatsu Motor Co. said June 18 it plans to turn out some 30,000 commodity engines at its newly built plant (in photo) in Ryuo, Shiga Prefecture, in fiscal 2005, double the automaker's output in fiscal 2002. The plan reflects brisk sales of lawn mowers and multi-purpose four-wheeled vehicles equipped with the engines in the United States. (Kyodo)