"flood-waters"

Apart from four bodies of members of the same family, one unidentified body, suspected to be a destitute person, was also found.

Sydney: Floods triggered by heavy rainfall across Australia’s southeast coast since last week has once again inundated Sydney and large parts of New South Wales (NSW) state, triggering the evacuation of thousands of residents. NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet addressed the public on Monday, urging residents in affected areas to follow emergency instructions, reports Xinhua news agency. […]

The highest rainfall of 145.3 mm was recorded in Kathalapur mandal, resulting in swollen streams, rivulets and ponds that started overflowing.

The police suspect that the two persons could have been drowned in the nala at Mailardevpally during the recent rains and washed away downstream till the Falaknuma RuB.

The remaining passengers in the bus managed to safely come out of the stream

The decision to breach the bund was taken after inflows increased to 1.83 lakh cusecs in the early hours of Wednesday.