Australia airdrops supplies to farmers in NSW stranded by flood crisis

Helicopters were being used on May 25 to drop animal feed to farmers in Australia's New South Wales state stranded by floods that have killed five and isolated tens of thousands in the country's south-east.

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SYDNEY - Helicopters were being used on May 25 to drop animal feed to farmers in Australia's New South Wales state stranded by floods that have killed five and isolated tens of thousands in the country's south-east.

Recovery is under way in the mid-north coast region of Australia's most populous state after days of flooding cut off towns, swept away livestock and destroyed homes. At least 10,000 properties may have been damaged in the floods, which were sparked by days of incessant rain, the authorities estimate.