Australia 2011 flood response criticised

Inquiry finds emergency services were unprepared to deal with flood crisis that killed 35 people.

Australia flood response criticised

An Inquiry Commission into last year’s floods in Australia has criticised the response of the government’s emergency services.

The investigation said the state agencies were unprepared to deal with the scale of the disaster that killed 35 people and left 30,000 homes were damaged or destroyed.

Andrew Thomas reports from Sydney.

Source: Al Jazeera