Floods in Australia's tiny town equal to fill Sydney Harbour in 6 days

SYDNEY, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- As major flooding continued across the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW), the state's emergency service agency on Wednesday said that Menindee, a small town with around 500 people, is currently releasing 75,000 megaliters of flood water per day.

"This is the equivalent of 30,000 Olympic Pools and would fill Sydney Harbour in six days," the NSW State Emergency Service said in a