Get live updates on the NSW flood emergency, latest evacuations, road closures and weather warnings.
A ‘prolonged major flood peak’ in NSW’s Central West will see Forbes and towns downstream endure major flooding into the weekend, with one township’s 1952 flood record already beaten. Get the latest flood updates here.
Towns north west of Forbes and Eugowra are bracing for historic flooding with one community sandbagging a four-kilometre wall in hopes of preventing further devastation.
Probationary cop Rebekah O’Connor earned the title ‘Wonder Woman’ after rescuing Diane Garner from freezing Eugowra floodwaters. ‘It like a scene from a movie, but there was no Bruce Willis or Chris Hemsworth. Just me and Wonder Woman clinging on to an oleander tree,” said the 77-year-old.
Breathtaking imagery has showcased the extent of the devastation in the state’s Central West after recent deluge thrashed the region.
A stricken Hong Kong-based bulk carrier has arrived at its berth in Port Botany after more than 48 hours stranded at sea when it was at risk of being grounded on the NSW coastline during wild weather.
The Prime Minister will seek “appropriate advice” on raising the Warragamba Dam wall as spill from the catchment inundates the Hawkesbury again.
As Sydney is swamped by wet weather, a mass rat migration is underway. A veteran rat catcher has one tip to avoid being attacked.
Severe rain is moving north, with a historic town in the state’s Hunter region now completely cut off due to floodwaters.
Facing their third major flood in under a year, small business owners in Sydney’s southwest are stuck without insurance and unable to move.
A natural disaster has been declared in dozens of NSW LGAs as thousands of residents in the Hawkesbury and southwest Sydney were evacuated overnight amid the ongoing flood threat.
An eerie calm permeated Wisemans Ferry Bowling Club as locals wait to see if the flood levels along the Hawkesbury River would rise above the levels in March.
Police have shared stunning pictures from the air of Sydney’s fourth flooding event in a matter of months. Read the details and see the impact of Sunday’s Sydney’s wet weather and flooding.
Homes and businesses in Camden – including its lawn bowls club – have now been inundated several times this year alone. See the comparison.
A young woman clung to a tree near Holsworthy for an hour in raging, bitterly-cold floodwaters before being dramatically rescued last night.
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