website at cnn.com/nepal. there you will find stories and interviews from the devastated country and find links to groups that are working to help people in those hardest hit areas. again, that is cnn.com/nepal. heavy rain has broken records in brisbane, australia, but it s also causing flooding among parts of the east coast. derek van damme is standing by at the international weather center with more on that. derek? george, parts of the east coast of australia from queensland to new south wales received over four times their monthly average for the month of may in just a period of two days. look at that. 239 millimeters. we would normally receive about 58 millimeters for, again, just the month of may, and we re only a couple days in. unfortunately, it did lead to localized flooding and it resulted in this type of, well, kind of situation, obviously. dozens of people rescued from floodwaters during this peak
the citizens there, let alone the supporters here in australia. we should note, it is a minority of australians who support isis. certainly, there have been a number of terror raids up and down the east coast of australia over the past couple months. as a result, australia has become a target. preerappreciate the update. chris is with us and john than, ceo of the kri sis management. chris, let me start with you. take us inside the conversation that authorities would have with a hostage taker like this. for awhile, they could not get contact with him. then they were able to. how do you go about that conversation with someone who clearly has some sort of ideological or religious or
with his support for isis. so there is obviously fears that there could be that backlash. you have to also remember that there are at least 100 australian citizens who have aligned themselves with isis, who ve traveled to iraq and syria to help form this caliphate, and as a result there have now been terror raids across the up and down the east coast of australia, where there have been many arrests. australia also named one of the targets when isis came out in september, calling on sympathizers to take these lone wolf attacks in countries that have become allies with the united states in the fight against isis, australia was named. so there were real concerns that that is what could have unfolded here, that that was what was unfolding here. this hashtag really, australians showing their support for the muslim community here in this country and making sure that
that is extremely alarming to authorities. they have tried to combat that as you say with those laws recently introduced to stop those people from traveling abroad and join islamic extremists. they cannot stop the people already there. they have certainly extended the intelligence gathering and monitoring the chatter and hence the raids. many raids that have been taking place right up and down the east coast of australia and in brisbane and here in sydney and also in melbourne. there have been a number of people arrested and an number of attacks foiled. certainly, i think why this is so alarming to australians is there has never been anything quite like this on australian home soil related to terror or related to the fight on isis. people said they have never seen anything like this before in australia. as you say over the last several
where you re talking about is a popular beach on the east coast of australia are, 210 miles south of is sydney. it s a swim from the wharf to the beach and back again. it s an annual event that attracts hundreds of swimmers each summer and, unfortunately, christine armstrong was killed as she attempted to swim the almost 2,000-foot distance. she was swimming with a group of friends including her husband, but according to police reports armstrong complained, and then she headed pack to shore. her back to the shore. her friends later saw a shark swimming near them, so they bunched together for safety. they say the shark appeared to be 11 feet long. armstrong was nowhere to be found. now today police deployed a land and sea search for the 63-year-old swimmer, and new reports are saying the partial remains of a woman had been found before bad weather stopped the search. meanwhile, the inspector on this case saying sightings of large