(The Guardian) Forbes braces for biggest flood in 70 years
Flooding is still occurring in New South Wales and Victoria. ABC News Breakfast is speaking to SES representatives in both states.
Ashley Sullivan from NSW SES says: It is a long list of rivers in flood in New South Wales, with our greatest concern at the moment being for the Lachlan River at Forbes. We are expecting major flooding in the next couple of days equivalent to probably the 1952 flooding in that area. And, although we have seen flooding in Forbes in recent months, this flooding will be higher than what we have seen in any of those floods …
Moving around the state, we have the Namoi River, particularly around Gunnedah, where we’re seeing again major flooding. Down at the Murrumbidgee, we got Tummut, Gundagai, Wagga, Hay and Cootamundra. Our particular concern there is around Wagga where we have evacuation orders current and we’re currently out door knocking those communities.
The Barwon-Darling River systems, where Lightning Ridge and Walgett have now become isolated from significant flooding in that area and that will be isolated and see that flooding for months to come. Along with down on the Murray River system, down around Moama where all that water is heading from Victoria and New South Wales.
So about 431 [rescues] in the last 24 hour, 15 of them flood rescues.
Flooding is still occurring in New South Wales and Victoria. ABC News Breakfast is speaking to SES representatives in both states.
Ashley Sullivan from NSW SES says: It is a long list of rivers in flood in New South Wales, with our greatest concern at the moment being for the Lachlan River at Forbes. We are expecting major flooding in the next couple of days equivalent to probably the 1952 flooding in that area. And, although we have seen flooding in Forbes in recent months, this flooding will be higher than what we have seen in any of those floods …
Moving around the state, we have the Namoi River, particularly around Gunnedah, where we’re seeing again major flooding. Down at the Murrumbidgee, we got Tummut, Gundagai, Wagga, Hay and Cootamundra. Our particular concern there is around Wagga where we have evacuation orders current and we’re currently out door knocking those communities.
The Barwon-Darling River systems, where Lightning Ridge and Walgett have now become isolated from significant flooding in that area and that will be isolated and see that flooding for months to come. Along with down on the Murray River system, down around Moama where all that water is heading from Victoria and New South Wales.
So about 431 [rescues] in the last 24 hour, 15 of them flood rescues.
