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- Tens of thousands of Sydney residents were ordered to evacuate as major flooding hits the east coast on Wednesday night
- Currently, 13 people have been killed by the extreme weather in New South Wales and Queensland
- Rivers, such as Hawkesbury River, in Sydney’s west rose rapidly on Wednesday evening, prompting the night evacuation across suburbs the river surrounds
- Today, Sydney’s forecast has been revised lower to between 50mm and 90mm from an earlier prediction of 100mm to 150mm
- Severe weather warnings have been cancelled for Sydney and the Illawarra area
On Wednesday night, tens of thousands of Sydney residents were ordered to evacuate as major flooding hits the east coast.
Currently, 13 people have been killed by extreme weather in New South Wales and Queensland.
Rivers, such as Hawkesbury River, in Sydney’s west rose rapidly on Wednesday evening, prompting the night evacuation across suburbs the river surrounds.
Residents of Penrith have been warned to prepare to leave as the Warragamba dam began overflowing.
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NSW flooding heads south into Sydney as the Hawkesbury River swells.
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Rainfall in the 24 hours from 9am Wednesday topped 100mm in areas of Sydney’s south, west and north-west, while the central business district collected about 50mm.
The NSW SES has so far received a total of 11,747 requests since the start of the flood crisis.
“Hundreds of thousands of people have been impacted by this event,” the New South Wales emergency services minister, Stephanie Cooke, told broadcaster ABC. “It is not over by any stretch of the imagination.”
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Today, Sydney’s forecast has been revised lower to between 50mm and 90mm from an earlier prediction of 100mm to 150mm.
From this afternoon, severe weather warnings have been cancelled for Sydney and the Illawarra area, the Bureau of Meteorology has said.
The BoM’s Dean Narramore said the east coast low has weakened but is still dumping rain on Hunter and Newcastle.
While over in Queensland, parents in the south-east have been urged to collect children from schools as the Bureau of Meteorology warns of more incoming storms and wet weather in the flood-hit region.
Over the next two days, more wet weather and severe storms are expected.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said schools are safe and collect your children when it is safe to do so. Children of essential workers may remain at school.
In Brisbane, the city saw 48mm of rain was recorded in 30 minutes.
“This is a very dangerous and potentially life-threatening situation for south-east Queensland,” the BoM said.
