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Millions of
have been creating
in Australia. The state of New South Wales is suffering from its worst mouse plague in
. The mouse population started growing on
in spring last year because of a bumper wheat harvest. The rodents have been causing farmers a major
for over a year. The plague has now caused
for a prison. The Wellington Correctional Centre, about 350km west of Sydney, has been forced to evacuate. Up to 200 staff and 420
have been transferred to other jails in the
because of health and safety
. It will take 10 days for the prison to be cleaned and for
to electric cables and woodwork to be carried out.