Two people have been rescued in Broken Hill in far-west New South Wales after they became stranded by flash-flooding overnight.
The State Emergency Service says a four-wheel-drive vehicle was stuck in a creek in the city's north at about 8pm.
The controller Steve Moore says the driver and passenger were pulled from the vehicle and transported in an ambulance.
"[Water] can be deceptive, I believe they'd already been through this creek once before on their four wheel drive expedition," he said.
"They then decided that it was safe to come back and the water had just come up that bit extra.
"The gentleman that become stuck in the creek phoned triple-0 and two of our crews attended the scene along with the ambulance.
"Our members were able to assist them from the vehicle and then retrieve the vehicle after everyone was safely out."
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There's growing concern on the South Pacific island nation of Vanuatu about the effects of climate change.
This week's report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlighted the impacts of rising sea-levels and ocean acidification as a result of global warming caused by human activity.
Vanuatu's climate youth ambassador and CARE field officer Mala Silas says climate change is also bringing about increasingly erratic weather patterns that are hitting remote island communities hard.
Ms Silas says last month's Cyclone Lusi that swept through Vanuatu, killing 10 people, has raised concerns the world's changing climate could mean more severe storms more often.
She's just returned from examining the impact of Cyclone Lusi on remote Futuna Island and says it's highly vulnerable to the effects of climate change.
Ms Silas says locals are concerned about the impact on agriculture, on which they rely for income from exports as well as for their own food supply.
She says the residents of Futuna urgently need better communication systems, as the current radio network is inadequate and the mobile network is all but non-existent in some villages.
Ms Silas says more effective early warning systems would allow locals to respond to imminent cyclones by preparing shelter and storing food before they're hit.
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