Massive Storms Kill 3, Disrupt Life in Australia

Massive storms flooded rivers, uprooted trees and tore into beaches along Australia's east coast over the weekend leaving three people dead and four other missing, while disrupting everything from the internet to shipping and banking. 
A clean-up was underway on Monday after a low pressure system that brought flooding and strong winds combined with high tidal surges along much of the Australian east coast started to ease. 
The bodies were found in separate incidents in New South Wales, Tasmania where there has been more than 200 millimeters of rainfall, and Canberra. 
Police were still looking for two other people in New South Wales who were reportedly missing. 
Sydney and other major cities in the country's east saw some of the highest rainfall, with strong winds on Saturday and Sunday. 
Australian websites including Channel Nine, Foxtel Play and Domino's Pizza went down on Sunday when Amazon Web Service's Sydney zone experienced a two-hour power outage, according to Australian website ITnews. 
Stocks in Australia biggest insurers, including QBE Insurance, Insurance Australia Group and Suncorp, were lower on the Australian Securities Exchange, with the wider market trading in positive territory. 
The New South Wales state emergency services said it had received more than 9,250 calls and had conducted 280 flood rescues. 
Meanwhile, a spokeswoman for the Port Authority of New South Wales state said the Newcastle port, the world's largest exit point for seaborne thermal coal and used by global miners Glencore, Rio Tinto and Anglo American, was placed on restricted ship movements over the weekend but did not sustain any damage. 
Banks also needed to restore services to automated teller machines that went down. Mobile, ATM and point-of-sale banking services had been restored after an outage late on Sunday. 
Port Kembla, the largest vehicle import hub in Australia remained closed, as the storm moved south, according to the spokeswoman. 
Big waves were expected to pound the coast on Monday, with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting another day of dangerous conditions, chiefly south of Sydney.

Source ; QNA