Sydney has already passed its annual average rainfall as some residents are told to evacuate, while the federal government now appears set to split the cost of a flood recovery package for Queensland - if certain conditions are met:
Sydney has already passed its annual average rainfall as some residents are told to evacuate, while a Queensland flood package now looks likely to proceed.Severe rainfall is forecast for large parts of already-saturated NSW as residents in Sydney's south are told to evacuate low-lying areas.An evacuation order has been issued for residents in low-lying areas of Woronora in Sydney's south.At the Bureau of Meteorology's Observatory Hill site at The Rocks, 114.
A flood watch has also been issued for central NSW, with minor to moderate flooding forecast for the Southern Coastal Rivers including the Hawkesbury-Nepean, the Macquarie and Queanbeyan rivers on Thursday and Friday. "We're expecting those numbers to increase unfortunately today as that rain continues," he told Nine's Today program.Two days after the Commonwealth rejected the bulk of Queensland's proposed multimillion-dollar flood recovery package, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has had a change of heart.
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