CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian authorities began evacuating thousands of people threatened by flooding on Friday after days of torrential rain left one man dead and inundated large parts of the country's eastern coast.
Residents in Lismore, in northern New South Wales state, were asked to evacuate homes as rising floodwaters in the town of 27,000 were expected to peak at more than 10.4 metres (33 feet) by mid-morning, threatening protective levy banks.
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