Flood risk moves to NSW south

A low-pressure system is expected to deepen across large swathes of the south coast of NSW leading into the weekend.

More than a dozen flood warnings across rain-affected parts of NSW are expected to remain in place, as Greater Sydney braces for a drenching. Photo: Nikki Short

A low-pressure system is expected to deepen across large swaths of the south coast of NSW leading into the weekend, as the ­potential for heavier rainfall and flash flooding returns to the Northern Rivers.

With every state in the country expected to be hit by storms over the next 10 days, more than a dozen flood warnings across rain-affected parts of NSW are expected to remain in place, despite the Bureau of Meteorology downgrading its warnings to moderate at the end of last week.

The BOM said the beginning of a “storm event” was likely to move across large parts of coastal Australia by Tuesday evening, noting a third major flooding event across the Northern Rivers had been narrowly averted, with only “isolated and intermittent” storms expected to hit Cas­ino, Tenterfield and Lismore.