NSW emergency services minister warns flood threat not over after heavy rain causes flooding in and around Sydney
Hundreds of residents in Sydney’s north-west have been ordered to flee their homes after heavy rain caused flooding in the Hawkesbury-Nepean River catchment.government has announced assistance measures after heavy rain on Friday and Saturday prompted authorities to open the spill gates at Warragamba Dam.
“As we talked about yesterday, there’s a thing called the blue sky flood, where all of the water that feeds from the tributaries into the local catchment areas basically comes together.” “And as soon as it’s safe, we will be lifting those evacuation orders so that people can go into their houses and start cleaning up all their properties.”
The federal and NSW governments announced on Sunday that disaster assistance funding would be made available to flood-affected residents in the Blue Mountains, Camden, Hawkesbury, Kiama, Liverpool, Penrith, Shellharbour, Shoalhaven, Sutherland, Upper Lachlan, Wingecarribee, Wollondilly and Wollongong local government areas.
While the threat appears to have eased, communities on Sydney’s fringes will be nervously watching river levels on Sunday.
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