SYDNEY, May 22 (Xinhua) -- The body of a man has been found in a property affected by the flooding crisis in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW).
NSW Police said in a statement on Thursday that emergency service crews were called to reports of a body being located at a flooded property in the small town of Moto, over 250 kilometers northeast of Sydney in the state's Mid North Coast region, on Wednesday afternoon.
The body of a 63-year-old man was found and police have commenced an investigation.
As of 8 a.m. local time on Thursday, the NSW State Emergency Service had issued emergency warnings for 133 areas in the flood zone, including widespread orders to evacuate.
An updated severe weather warning issued by the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) shortly after 4 a.m. on Thursday said that 24-hour rainfall totals of between 200 and 300 millimeters are possible for parts of the Mid North Coast and adjacent Northern Tablelands. ■
