NSW is facing a “life-threatening emergency situation” as an east coast low triggers flash flooding, coastal erosion and strong winds in parts of the state on Sunday, authorities say. Follow our live coverage with MeganGorrey
Emergency Services Minister Steph Cooke has asked holidaymakers heading to the coast to rethink their travel plans.
NSW Bureau of Meteorology spokeswoman Jane Golding said while wet weather could ease in the Illawarra region during the day, it would return on Sunday evening. “It is extremely dangerous out there. Stay out of the floodwaters, and we always warn don’t drive through floodwater and particularly don’t walk through them or allow children to play near them,” she said.
“This means even more torrential rain, it means strong damaging winds, and it means coastal erosion in Sydney, the Central Coast, the South Coast and the Illawarra.
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