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SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - About 5,000 Australians who evacuated their houses to avoid being swept away by rising floodwaters were allowed to return home Monday, while others downstream braced for the approaching torrent.
Authorities permitted the residents of Maitland, in the wine-growing Hunter Valley region, to go home as floodwaters from the swollen Hunter River subsided after peaking at 35 feet above normal height late Sunday.
Residents in the coastal city of Newcastle braced for the approaching deluge, which officials warned could cause some localized flooding.
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