Flood in Australia. Whole herds of breeding animals were killed

The whole herds of breeding animals drowned in huge floods, which hit the Queensland state in the northeast of Australia – the Australian authorities informed. The rivers occurred from the banks after last week's downpours.

Queensland to a huge state, where one of the largest herds of cattle, sheep, goats and horses are bred. The area of ​​the areas affected by cataclysm exceeds 500 square km.

As a result of the flood, over 100,000 were killed. breeding animals. “We expect that (the amount of losses) will grow as the flood wave will withdraw,” said the Minister of Agriculture of State Queensland Tony Perrett.

The meteorological office said that in some cities 500 mm of rain fell during the week, which corresponds to the average annual precipitation. About 4,000 were flooded km of roads. (PAP)

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