NSW:Keneally to visit flood victims

AAP General News (Australia)
12-05-2010
NSW:Keneally to visit flood victims

New South Wales Premier KRISTINA KENEALLY is to visit flood-affected areas tomorrow.

She'll be accompanied by Emergency Minister STEVE WHAN for a first-hand look at operations
and the response.

The premier's praised hard-working SES volunteers as the focus shifts to Wagga Wagga
.. where more than 700 residents are evacuating their homes as the Murrumbidgee River
peaks .. and Coonamble where a thousand people are on standby to leave as the Castlereagh
River rises.

Ms KENEALLY says it's not possible yet to put a figure on the flood damage .. but it's
estimated up to 500 million dollars has been wiped off the value of farmers' crops.

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KEYWORD: FLOODS NSW (SYDNEY)

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