Hundreds of vehicles taken in the snow, power outage, floods: several cities in Australia experienced their largest storm in 40 years on Saturday, while a white carpet of around forty centimeters would have covered the soil of New South Wales.
“What makes this event unusual is the amount of snow we had, but also its extent, covering a large part of the northern sets,” said Miriam Bradbury, meteorologist at the Australian Meteorology Bureau (BOM), at “The Independent”.
Amazed by the show, many Australians left their home with your family on Saturday to have fun under the snow, building guys, making angels on the ground or even running under the storm in underwear, we can see in several videos shared on social networks.
Other images, for example showing a kangaroo under the snow, went around the canvas during the weekend.
According to the meteorologist, the Southern New Wales region has known its largest snowstorm in forty years, while the cold air front has brought up to 40 cm of snow in certain sectors: a quantity that had not been observed from the 80s, can be read.
What is more, the snow would also have settled in the neighboring state of Queensland for the very first time in ten years, the meteorologist continued at the English -speaking media.
The authorities said that around 200 vehicles found themselves blocked in certain snowy areas, according to the Australian Radio Society (ABC), while the Southern South Wales Emergency Service (SES) said that it has responded to more than 1455 rains, thunderstorms and snow.
Many floods have been reported, and more than 27,500 households have spent the night without electricity, according to ABC.
