Fresh deluge worsens 'one in 100 year' Australia floods

SYDNEY: Torrential rain lashed Australia's south east again on Monday, worsening once-in-a-century flooding that has forced thousands of people to evacuate their homes and shuttered hundreds of schools.

The days-long deluge has inundated coastal areas of New South Wales, the country's most populous state, with parts of Sydney experiencing what officials predicted would be the biggest flood in decades.