Wild weather batters Australia’s east coast

Wild weather is battering a 1,000 kilometers stretch of Australia’s east coast, bringing torrential rain and abnormally high tides to cities including Brisbane and the gold coast.

On Monday, more than 2,000 homes in the cities were out of power, after strong winds tampered with power lines.

Australia’s bureau of meteorology has issued severe weather warnings for a vast coastal area, stretching from Hervey bay in Queensland to Taree in New South Wales.