State appears to have passed the peak of its latest flood crisis, but meteorologists say wetter than average conditions are set to continue throughout July.
Wetter than usual conditions are set to continue throughout July despite the easing of the immediate flood threat for Greater Sydney, as residents start returning home to face theirThe NSW State Emergency Service was looking towards “recovery mode” for metropolitan Sydney, while keeping an eye on swollen river systems in the Hunter Valley and Mid North Coast.
One thousand SES crew were on the ground while about 35,000 people were told they could return home to start cleaning up further south as the Georges and Woronora rivers receded.Water levels were slowly going down around the Hawkesbury-Nepean, North Richmond, Sackville and Wisemans Ferry. “There’s still definitely the potential there for significant rain-bearing systems to develop,” Ms Eadie said, but this was not considered likely over the next seven days.“These sorts of systems could potentially develop in the weeks ahead. We are still very much in east coast low season. As we start to progress into more the summer months as well, we could see those sorts of conditions develop again.
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