Wettest weekend in FOUR years as Australia’s east coast is battered by torrential downpours – so when will the rain end near you?
- Lives and homes threatened by flooding in low lying regions in New South Wales
- Emergency severe weather warnings across the state for the following week
- Heavy rainfall is expected to end on Wednesday as evacuation orders issued
Lives and homes are being threatened in low-lying regions on the New South Wales coast by heavy rainfall which could ‘potentially [lead] to life-threatening flash flooding’ is only expected to end on Wednesday.
Evacuation orders have been issued in Taree, Dungong, Wingham, Port Macquarie, Cundletown, Lower Macleay, North Haven, Dunbogan and Laurieton.
The regions of Hunter, Metropolitan, Illawarra and parts of Mid North Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands, South West Slopes, Snowy Mountains and the ACT are subject to a severe weather warning for heavy rainfall, damaging winds and surf.
Records have already been broken at the Hastings Rivers in Kindee Bridge west of Port Macquarie, as water is already higher than the major flood level from February 2013.
Lives and homes are being threatened in low-lying regions on the New South Wales coast by heavy rainfall and unprecedented flooding which is expected to end on Wednesday
BOM said strong winds could create damaging surf up to five metres high, which could erode the coastline.
The state has already collected hundreds of millimetres of rain since Friday, with more to come including up to 120mm in Sydney on Saturday.
Overnight on Friday, Delward received 373mm of rain, Upper Rollands Plains recorded 250mm and Redoak had 343mm.
The Bureau of Meteorology has over a dozen current weather warnings for the state, mostly for flooding.
There is a major flooding warning for the Hastings River, the Manning and Gloucester Rivers, Paterson and Williams Rivers, and the Cambden River.
Minor flood warnings affect the Orara River, Bellinger River and the Myall River.
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