The weather in Sydney soothes, the cleaning of the storm begins when the fish find their way again after a sudden flood

Update

29th November 2018 06:30:56

There was a glimmer of hope in the solemn cleansing of the storm that began in Sydney yesterday afternoon.

"She is alive," shouted Natali Pearson. "I can not believe it, Jasmyn survived."

Five hours earlier, a torrent of water had torn the house of Mrs. Pearson's mother on the north shore of Sydney, turning the backyard into a lake.

Mrs. Pearson had received a one-word text message – "HELP" – from her mother Sheridan Rogers in the morning and had rushed to pick up the pieces.

Parts of the city received more than a month of rain in an hour, the deluge having wreaked havoc on the roads and triggered more than 1,500 calls for help from the emergency department of the city. the state of NSW.

But in the midst of the carnage – and thousands of dollars of damage to Ms. Rogers' house – there was something to smile about.

Jasmyn the fish was in the neighbor's yard, flapping its wings and clinging to life.

The flash flood was so powerful that she lifted Jasmyn from her home, into Mrs. Rogers's pond, and threw her over the fence.

"Quickly, take a bucket," cried Mrs. Rogers to Billy Gleeson, who lives at three doors.

The first thing they could do was a champagne cooler and Jasmyn was quickly brought home.

"My granddaughter is going to be happy," said Rogers, while Jasmyn was reunited with some of her friends.

"The fish is named after him."

The timing was good in a dark day for a group of unlucky residents of Lytton Street in Cammeray, among the most affected by the storms yesterday.

Four properties were flooded by a sudden flood that broke out in yards and homes.

Sarah O 'Callghan is awake to find her living room under the water.

"I could not believe it," she said, pointing to the high water mark on her wall.

"I heard the water gushing in the yard, it took about five minutes to fill and enter.

"I could not do anything."

Next door, Michael Flude was waiting for the arrival of his insurance company.

"Do not worry about that," he said, as visitors tried to wipe his polished foot on the welcome mat in front of his door.

"You do not need it."

It soon became obvious why.

Mr. Flude's living room seemed to have been ransacked by a large group of muddy burglars.

His soggy couch was in the kitchen, surrounded by portable fans.

Their breath did not make much difference.

"The water was so powerful," Flude said.

"It was extrodinary."

The damage on Lytton Street was caused by a temporary river that grew near the top of a nearby park and swept down the slope.

The force was so strong that she tore the doors off their doors and flooded the laundry complex of a residential building.

Back at Mrs. Rogers' home, the search for fish continued – this time under the house.

"There are more, I found some," Mrs. Pearson shouted.

His mother managed to smile and laugh as he carefully replaced another batch in his pond.

There were still 13 people missing.

"Oh my God," said Mrs. Rogers, looking under her house.

"How are they going to get the water out of there? My air conditioning and heating system is gone.

"It's just a weird thing, I've never seen anything like it."

If she had not already forgotten the incident, Jasmyn the goldfish would probably agree.

Topics:

disasters and accidents,

floods

First posted

29 November 2018 05:39:34