Heavy rain has officially extinguished the mammoth Currowan fire on the NSW South Coast 74 days after it started
and emergency services have now turned their concerns to predictions of flash flooding and coastal erosion along the east coast.
The State Emergency Service has issued flood warnings for the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment and parts of the South Coast, and severe weather warnings for the Sydney metropolitan area, Illawarra and parts of Mid North Coast, Hunter, South Coast, Central Tablelands and Southern Tablelands.Cudgera Creek in the Tweed Shire recorded the highest fall over the last 24 hours, with 320mm of rain, followed by Kingscliff which recorded more than 250mm.
In the Blue Mountains, Wentworth Falls recorded 180mm, but areas around Newnes on the western side of the range received much less rain, and the Gospers Mountain fire is still listed at advice level.
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