Greek residents in Brisbane’s West End area, have been forced to evacuate or are preparing to evacuate their homes as flashflooding worsens in the Queensland region.
All of the streets that line the river in West End have been evacuated while the riverside of West End is underwater, honourary secretary of the Greek Orthodox Community of St George, Brisbane, Michael Anastas told today.
“West End is a central Greek population, there’s probably a few thousand Greeks living in that area,” Mr Anastas said.
The Greek Community has already received a number of calls from their community members asking for assistance and food, Mr Anastas said.
The church has prepared their respite centre as emergency accommodation.
It is estimated that 40,000 residential and business properties will be affected in the next 24 to 48 hours.
(source: neos kosmos)
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