Flash floods, evacuations: How NSW is coping with the ‘rain bomb’
Evacuation orders have been put in place across multiple towns in NSW. Others are on high alert. Read the latest.
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‘Intense rainfall’: Flash flooding, severe storms smash Sydney
From the western suburbs to the inner city, torrential rainfall has led to flash floods across Sydney, with parts of the southwest under evacuation orders and dozens more regions warned to be prepared to leave. See the pictures now:
Picton on ‘high alert’ as severe storms loom
Picton, on Sydney’s southwest outskirts, is hoping for another near miss after residents were issued with an evacuation warning due to the sudden rise of a nearby river.
Alleged Wagga armed robber to fight charges at trial
A Wagga man will face trial next week after being charged with 12 offences, including the allegation that he committed an armed robbery and broke into an aged care home.
‘Grandparents worst nightmare’: Mission to raise awareness
Sharon and Geoff Lavers had never heard of muscular dystrophy. But then, both their grandchildren in Southwest Sydney were diagnosed with it. So now they are on a mission.
Man admits to drunkenly riding dirt bike with toddler in his lap
A man has admitted to sinking six cans of VB before riding his dirt bike on an Oran Park road without a helmet or a licence, but with an 18-month old toddler in his lap.
‘Never seen anything like it’: Businesses, homes flooded
A southwest Sydney business owner says the true extent of the damage to his restaurant is “a mystery” as floodwaters are yet to recede.
Shocking aerial images show flooded Sydney town
Aerial photos have shown the shocking extent to which a southwest Sydney town has been inundated with floodwaters, as the SES issues new evacuation orders for other towns across the region.
Fresh evacuation orders as Sydney cops deluge
Large parts of NSW are being warned to prepare for torrential rain and flooding, as multiple Sydney suburbs are being told to immediately evacuate.
How off-duty fireys co-ordinated remarkable flood rescues
Two families trapped by rising floodwaters in northern NSW homes have been rescued after desperate messages to Sydney-based Fire and Rescue Facebook pages.
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