Australian flood waters create 'inland sea'

Thousands of homeowners remained isolated in Australia's flood-hit northeast on Sunday, where authorities said days of torrential rain had created a vast "inland sea".
Swollen rivers peaked overnight, allowing clean-up operations to begin and evacuated residents to returBut SES spokesman Greg Slater said up to 20,000 people in small communities remained cut off by the floodwaters, which have led to disaster declarations in NSW and neighbouring Queensland.
"We're concentrating our efforts on those communities in terms of re-supply and provision of immediate medical assistance and medical supplies, also just the basic necessities, foodstuff and the like," he told Sky News.Grafton and Kempsey, the State Emergency Service (SES) said.