Today is the start of a 'very long season' of rain and severe weather, NSW's resilience minister says, as the weary Northern Rivers region braces for more floods.
Help keep family & friends informed by sharing this articleNSW is facing "challenges on multiple fronts" as severe weather brings floods and heavy downpours to inland areas and again threatens the Northern Rivers region.Flood warnings are in place across the state, including for LismoreEmergency Services and Resilience Minister Steph Cook says a "very long season" of wet weather is expected, with flood warnings in place across the state.
NSW State Emergency Service Commissioner Carlene York, said there had been extensive flooding in the far west of the state in recent days. Ms York said the SES had already stationed more boats and resources in the Northern Rivers, and had set up a command centre in Goonellabah.The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a moderate flood warning for the Wilsons River at Lismore for Friday, and a minor flood warning for the Macleay River.
Jane Golding, from the BOM, said some locations on the north coast had been hit with more than 170ml of rain over the past 36 hours."We know that when the rain stops, the rivers keep rising ... that's just the nature of riverine flooding."There are also flood warnings for the Castlereagh and Murray rivers in the central west, where some towns are already dealing with rising waters.
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