Eugowra
From drought to flood in three years, the NSW landscape is almost unrecognisable
The flooded landscape across the Central West paints a very different picture to that of three years ago when Australia was suffering a record-breaking drought.
- Laura Chung and Ben Grubb
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Second body found at Eugowra, SES urges communities to prepare for potential flash flooding
Flood-weary NSW communities are bracing for further storms and damaging winds as authorities locate the body of a second person in a Central West town.
- Sally Rawsthorne and Georgina Mitchell
A tale of two disasters: what rescuers learnt from BoM forecasts
The fury after the Northern Rivers floods has not been replicated in the central west. “It’s the response we should have had in February,” said one high-profile Lismore local.
- Jordan Baker and Natassia Chrysanthos
Perrottet reveals state’s flood rebuilding strategy
The NSW government will stop future development in high-risk flood zones but Premier Dominic Perrottet says planning “sins of the past” cannot be changed.
- Tom Rabe, Natassia Chrysanthos, Angus Thompson and Mike Foley
Premier promises devastated Eugowra: ‘We are going to rebuild’
Former police officer Peter Jones expressed his frustration at what he says has been insufficient co-ordination, communication and government assistance since flash flooding decimated the town of 700 on Monday.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
‘I had to do something’: Eugowra grandmother saves daughter and newborn from flood
Anne South has also told of her efforts to urge her elderly next-door neighbour to get inside his home. He is still missing.
- Angus Thompson
NSW floods live updates: Eugowra resident found dead, one still missing as Central West ravaged by dangerous floodwaters
One of the state’s biggest clean-up efforts in history is officially under way as Forbes residents brace for the Lachlan River to peak on Thursday morning.
- Sarah Keoghan and James Lemon
‘Next thing I knew the water had lifted the house’: Eugowra homes reduced to mud and concrete
The small central western NSW town was littered with cars, scraps of wall and houses, while two people are missing after flash flooding turned it upside down.
- Natassia Chrysanthos, Catherine Naylor and Rhett Wyman
Eugowra residents faced $40,000 insurance bills. Now they’re counting the cost of floods
Record-breaking floods have devastated central western NSW communities over the past three days, with hundreds rescued by helicopter and boats after rivers rose.
- Jordan Baker and Catherine Naylor
Eugowra man, 91, was trapped inside his house as it floated away
Henry Hoswell was stranded inside when the property was washed off its foundations during Monday’s devastating flash flooding, his nephew says.
- Catherine Naylor and Stephanie Gardiner
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