NSW SES Operational Update
Incidents last 24 hours (to 5am): 2225
Calls to NSW SES: 4,128
Flood Rescues (to 5am): 44
NSW SES currently has 91 warnings in place across NSW. People are asked to continue to check the Hazards Near Me App or SES website as warnings are constantly being updated.
Emergency Warnings:
- Parts of Cattai - Riverside Caravan Park - Evacuate before 7:00am
- Cornwallis and Eastern part of Richmond lowlands- Evacuate before 7:30am
- Low Lying parts of Agnes Banks - Evacuate before 7:00am
- Gronos Point Flooding - Evacuate before 5am
- Low lying parts of Chipping Norton - Evacuate Now
- Parts of Lower Portland on Eastern side of Hawkesbury- Evacuate before 8:00am
Additionally there are 40 watch and act warnings and prepare to evacuate warnings in place. Details can be found at ses.nsw.gov.au or the Hazards Near Me.
The NSW SES is expecting significant rises in the Hawkesbury Nepean to continue today. Flood rescue teams, aviation assets and rescue vehicles have been prepositioned and continue to respond to incidents.
Conditions on the roads are extremely hazardous, and we may see some closures. The Windsor and Richmond Bridges are expected to close.
Evacuation centres have been opened at Bankstown Sport Club, Club Liverpool and Richmond Club. A live list is available on the SES Website.
NSW SES is urging people to stay indoors as damaging winds and heavy rainfall is expected to continue today. Key locations of concern include: Sydney, Wollongong, Nowra, Batemans Bay and Goulburn.
The rainfall is expected to continue to move south throughout the day, with Picton, the Illawarra and South Coast likely to be impacted by possible flash flooding.
This rainfall is likely to result in flash flooding and create hazardous driving conditions. Severe thunderstorms could also produce locally intense rainfall, potentially leading to life-threatening flash flooding
