Record floodwaters in eastern Australia leave two dead and two missing

Floodwaters surround houses in Port Macquarie, north of Sydney, Australia (Lindsay Moller/AAP Image via AP)

Record floodwaters on Australia’s east coast have left two people dead and two others missing, officials said, as more heavy rain was forecast in the area.

More than 500 people were rescued in the flooding emergency in New South Wales state north of Sydney.