FIVE flood evacuation centres have been established across NSW as the dangerous weather and evacuation orders continue. MORE: 9News | Nightly at 6pm
Low lying parts of North RichmondLansvale resident Nancy Streeta is reunited with her dog Hondo after being evacuated by the NSW SES Kogarah Unit. Nancy and her children Jack and Jamarcus, along with their pets left their home as flood waters rose on the Georges River.
"While the spill volume from Warragamba will be determined by the rain received in the catchment, WaterNSW modelling indicates the peak will be comparable to the major spill event in March last year," it said in a statement. "And what we do know is that our storage is already full, right across the board, our landscapes are saturated, the river systems and channels are all full."
One of the people rescued in Sydney overnight was a woman in her 20s who was left clinging to a tree in floodwaters for more than an hour near the train station at Harris Creek in the Sydney suburb of Holsworthy.A number of evacuation orders have already been issued this morning, with the BoM warning the intense rainfall could bring six-hourly totals of up to 150mm over the next few days.
The order applied to Edward Street; Peter Avenue between Onslow Avenue and Belgenny Avenue; and properties near Matahill Creek on Barsden Street. Residents were told "you may be trapped without power, water and other essential services and it may be too dangerous to rescue you".Wallacia residents in the Bents Basin area in properties between Silverdale Road from Blaxlands Crossing Bridge to the beginning of the steeprise of the road and the Nepean River were also ordered to evacuate by 9am as the Wallacia Weir approached 9m.
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