Thousands of Greater Sydney residents have fled their homes as flooding worsens and 69 evacuation orders were in place on Monday morning.
Parts of Sydney, Illawarra and Hunter regions were hit with another 100 millilitres of rain overnight after flash flooding at the weekend. NSW SES performed about 100 rescues overnight and has warned residents to evacuate or prepare to bunker down ahead of more dangerous weather.
Today’s rain forecast in NSW. East Coast Low has weakened into a trough over the Hunter District, onshore airflow south of the trough is still directing humid air onshore which brings the chance of heavy rainfall today. Stay vigilant and monitor warnings: https://t.co/Ss766eSCrL pic.twitter.com/YM8cJlnQWY
— Bureau of Meteorology, New South Wales (@BOM_NSW) July 3, 2022
Thousands of residents were ordered to evacuate southwest #Sydney, #Australia‘s biggest city, on Sunday with torrential #rain and damaging winds pounding the east coast and threatening floods in areas that were hammered in March. #NSW pic.twitter.com/SCevafnX5G
— Said Pulido (@Super_Said) July 3, 2022
One personAnother of those 1 in 100 year floods today in the Hawkesbury, Lowlands Richmond NSW, #Hawkesbury #FloodPlains #ClimateCrisis pic.twitter.com/gvVfFHgjnm
— Michael Mangold (@mikerdot) July 3, 2022
Find the latest evacuation orders here.Stay up to date with the latest #EvacuationOrders & #EvacuationWarnings at https://t.co/t578A4Mkg8 pic.twitter.com/mhtbolgXjL
— NSW SES (@NSWSES) July 3, 2022
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