オーストラリア北部はだいぶ水に浸かったそうで

　ようやく水が引いてきたかな…という記事が5日ほど前にあった。

BBC Queensland floods: Towns isolated as supplies dwindle and rain eases 19 Dec 2023 By Tiffanie Turnbull

　しかしまあ、微妙に補給物資は届かないし、水などは消耗するし。その辺をクロコダイルが泳いでるし…！

「Major flooding in northern Australia has begun to ease but many towns remain isolated in crocodile-infested waters as supplies dwindle.

Extreme weather driven by ex-tropical cyclone Jasper has dumped a year's worth of rain on parts of Queensland.

Some rivers have swollen to record levels, flooding homes, severing roads and power, and forcing people to flee houses in boats. One man is missing.

One badly-hit town is now being evacuated after a failed first effort.」

　なんか85歳の爺様が、姿、見えないんですけど？！などと。

「"Desperate" locals had started to "risk their lives" by traversing dangerous floodwaters in which six-metre crocodiles had been spotted, he said. "Being attacked by one of those, you never see someone again."

A search continues for a missing man, 85, who was last seen in nearby Degarra late on Sunday.」

　他人の国に言うのもなんだが、どうもオーストラリアは微妙に暮らしにくい国になりつつあるとか。いやまあ日本に言われたかぁないやという気持ちは、当の日本人だって十分理解するが（よくもまあ、こんな天災だらけの国に住んでるもんだとは思われる）、オーストラリアは…近年、とみにダメダメだという情報が流れがちのような…。