A sign is displayed on a beach that was closed due to dangerous surf conditions at Burleigh Heads on Queensland's Gold Coast, Australia, June 5, 2016. AAP/Dan Paled/via REUTERS
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Torrential rain and high winds battered Australia's east coast on Sunday, leaving up to 26,000 homes without power while flooding forced hundreds of people into evacuation centres.
Residents from towns along the coast of New South Wales state were evacuated as flood waters rose, while state-owned electricity infrastructure firm Ausgrid said it expected the number of homes without power to rise.
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