Clinged to a tree to escape the floods, Australian police rescued him after 6 hours
Side of the Todd River floods.
Australian media reported that police rescued a man who had been stuck in a tree for more than six hours after rainwater washed his car off the road in the remote Northern Territory state.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) said yesterday that the 33-year-old was driving near the Todd River in Alice Springs when floods swept away his car after a 24-hour rain.
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, citing police, added that it took the fire service more than six hours to avoid endangering others, until police rescued him.
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