内容摘要：Many requested anonymity, because they feared retribution on loved ones still living inside the country. Others said they just wanted to try to forget the experience and move on.

Many requested anonymity, because they feared retribution on loved ones still living inside the country. Others said they just wanted to try to forget the experience and move on.

Phillip and team are sanguine about this and insist this is good news. They will have had a successful few years here and ultimately they are happy to have helped Zengamina. And made a tidy profit in bitcoin of course.The company says there are plenty of places with so-called stranded energy that they can plonk their bitcoin mine next to.

Gridless already has six sites like this in three different African countries.North of Zengamina another bitcoin mine slurps up excess energy from a hydro-electric plant run by Virunga National Park in the Congo. It's helping to fund conservation projects, the park says.But Gridless now plans an ambitious next move - to build their own hydro-plants from scratch to mine for bitcoin and bring electricity to rural areas.

The company's co-founder Janet Maingi says the company is busy raising tens of millions of dollars for the project.They're focusing on so-called run-of-river hydroelectric models like at Zengamina and the continent has an abundance of "untapped hydro potential" she says.

"A consumer-driven, adaptive energy model is essential for scalable, affordable, and sustainable energy access that meets the needs of African communities," she explains.

The company is not a charity and believes that ensuring long-term economic viability for developers and investors can only be done through bitcoin.On Thursday afternoon, NSW police said its officers had recovered the body of a 60-year-old woman who got into trouble in her car in floodwaters at Brooklana, about 30km (18 miles) from the city of Coffs Harbour.

Police said there were a number of people missing with searches continuing for a 49-year-old man from Nymbodia who did not return home several nights ago and was last seen crossing a flooded area.Nearly 10,000 homes are at risk of flooding in the state's Mid North Coast.

"We are bracing for more bad news," NSW Premier Chris Minns told reporters at a press conference yesterday."It's very difficult to get supplies into some of these isolated communities," Minns said, adding that the prime minister has pledged his support for any help needed from the federal government.