Chinese woman, 26, missing in Australia after being swept away by floodwaters
Chinese Consulate General in Sydney confirms the news, while urging local authorities to ‘make every effort’ to save her, Xinhua reports
A Chinese woman remains missing after being swept away by floodwaters in southeastern Australia.
China’s Consulate General in Sydney had confirmed the news, while urging local authorities to “make every effort” to save her, Chinese state media reported on Sunday.
The 26-year-old was one of two Chinese women caught up in floods in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales (NSW) state on Saturday evening. The other woman, 27, was rescued, China’s state news agency Xinhua reported, citing the consulate.
The mission said that it had contacted local police multiple times, urging them to make every possible effort and deploy maximum resources in the search for the missing person, the report said.
The NSW Police Force said in a statement on Sunday that emergency services had been called back to the area on Saturday evening after receiving reports that a car was trapped in floodwaters.
Police said the two women had tried to drive through floodwaters but became stranded. As they tried to exit the small car, the driver was rescued uninjured but her passenger was swept away.