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A man’s body has been found inside a car in floodwaters in Sydney’s north-west this afternoon.
Emergency services were called about 6.25am today following reports a car was trapped in floodwaters on Cattai Ridge Road, near Hidden Valley Lane, at Glenorie.
Police and SES flood rescue crews went to search for the vehicle in Cattai Creek.
“About 1.10pm, the vehicle was found with a man’s body inside,” NSW Police said in a statement.
“The man has not been formally identified.”
A crime scene has been established and a report will be prepared for the coroner, the statement said.
In Queensland, the body of a man who went missing on Monday has been found during a search of a Scenic Rim creek.
Police and Queensland Fire and Emergency Services staff were working to pull an overturned ute from the swollen Canungra Creek this afternoon when the body of David Hornman was recovered.
An emergency rescue team works to remove a ute from fast-moving floodwater in Canungra, amid the search for a missing man.Credit:Nine News
Police have confirmed the man who died today in Glenorie, in Sydney’s north-west, called triple zero after driving into floodwaters and stayed on the phone for 44 minutes until “contact was lost”.
Detective Inspector Chris Laird gave an update outside Castle Hill police station this afternoon.
He said the young man, from Pakistan, called emergency services at 6.25am to say the “car was sinking” after entering floodwaters while driving north on Cattai Ridge Road, near Hidden Valley Lane.
“The triple zero operator did continue to maintain contact with the 25-year-old male as he was in the car,” Inspector Laird said.
“However, at 7.04am, it’s believe contact was lost with the male. Police arrived on the scene shortly after and were unable to find the car.”
Police divers this afternoon “made the terrible, sad discovery” of the man’s body, Inspector Laird said.
The man had been driving a “brand new hire car” - a Toyota Camry - on his “first day as a contractor for a large commercial organisation”.
“We can only speculate why he couldn’t get out of the car,” Inspector Laird said. “Initial examinations show that he made all reasonable attempts, and that’ll form part of our inquiries as to why he couldn’t exit the car.”
There were road closures at the time.
The gate across the road was 10 metres into the floodwaters and six metres underwater, and the car was found approximately six metres underwater and 30 metres from the road.
“Given the unprecedented water levels the gates could not be seen from the roadway at all,” Inspector Laird said.
He said the man has no family in Australia and his friends are “devastated”.
“What’s happened is a complete tragedy,” Inspector Laird said.
It’s been a while since we have seen an update from the Bureau of Meteorology like this one.
“Severe weather is no longer occurring in NSW and the ACT,” the bureau said at 4.41pm today.
The update was a cancellation of the severe weather warning for people in the Illawarra, South Coast, Central Tablelands, Southern Tablelands and Snowy Mountains forecast districts.
The Bureau of Meteorology on Wednesday afternoon said severe weather is no longer occurring in NSW and the ACT. Credit:Bureau of Meteorology
“The immediate threat of severe weather has passed, but the situation will continue to be monitored and further warnings will be issued if necessary,” the bureau said.
Gusty westerly winds are gradually easing over the state’s central and southern ranges, it added.
The bureau, on social media, said the NSW flood situation “remains a serious and ongoing threat to life and property, so stay alert”.
Residents across flood-hit parts of eastern Australia, including Sydney’s Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley, are facing an “itchy, bitey and scratchy” stint as insect numbers are expected to explode following the deluge.
“It’s shaping up to be a pretty pestilent season along the whole east coast,” says David Emery, a professor of veterinary parasitology at the University of Sydney. “If it’s warm and moist, it’s highly likely we’ll get lots of mosquitoes.”
Wisemans Ferry on the Hawkesbury River on Wednesday. Credit:Janie Barrett
Ticks, fleas, midges and, if the winds are favourable, biting flies may also blow in from Queensland, adding to the irritation of humans, pets and other animals.
“Everything’s had a good season,” Professor Emery said. “The rain helps all parasites to survive longer if it hasn’t drowned them in the first place.”
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian told Parliament today that she extended her condolences to the family of a man who lost his life in the floods.
Ms Berejiklian told question time in the lower house she had received information a short time earlier about the fatality in floodwaters in Sydney’s north-west.
“Because it’s the early stages I will allow the State Emergency Services to comment further about that at the appropriate time, to make sure arrangements have been made in relation to the next of kin,” she said.
“But of course it goes without saying that we extend our heartfelt condolences to all the loved ones of that person and obviously I will allow the State Emergency Services to further outline those details.”
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian confirmed the fatality on Wednesday.Credit:Kate Geraghty
A short time earlier, Emergency Services Minister David Elliott had alluded to the tragedy when he was asked by Opposition Leader Jodi McKay why he had not released water from Warragamba Dam to reduce flood risk, despite advocating for it in October.
Mr Elliott was visibly emotional and refused to answer the question, saying: “For reasons that will probably come out this afternoon, I’m not going to engage in public debate about water today.
“I’m horrified that the floods have become a political football,” he said.
It looks like the compact caravan parked in Newbridge Road, Moorebank, is about to take float and disappear on an unplanned excursion of its own. That was Monday, November 20, 1961. The perils of living next to the Georges River.
A week later a Mr W. Tout from Lansdale just along the river wrote to The Biz (Fairfield) local newspaper. He said that, in spite of the efficient work of the council and civic defence authorities, the damage caused by the floods demonstrated “the urgent need for an efficient flood warning system in the municipality”. Ah, hindsight.
The scene at Newbridge Road, Moorebank, in November 1961.Credit:Fairfax Media
Everyone is comparing this week’s deluge to the 1961 flood - a 50-year event or, more accurately, an almost 61-year event.
The headlines for the 1961 flood stories published in the Herald are much the same as the ones published online and in print in 2021.
The highest weekly rainfall total across Australia over the past seven days was at Bellwood, Nambucca Heads, on the NSW Mid North Coast.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the seaside town recorded 991 millimetres in the week ending yesterday, March 23.
“Rainfall totals in excess of 400 millimetres were reported along the coastal areas and Central Tablelands in New South Wales, and a number of locations in Queensland’s central and south-east coast districts,” the bureau said.
“Locations in the Hunter and Mid North Coast districts in New South Wales received over 600 millimetres of rainfall, including the highest weekly total of 991 millimetres at Bellwood in the Mid North Coast, which has exceeded the long-term autumn rainfall average less than one month into the season.
“Rainfall totals between 200 millimetres and 400 millimetres were recorded in areas along the east coast, central and inland southern Queensland, and in the north and along eastern New South Wales. Small areas in the west Kimberley in Western Australia and north-west Top End in the Northern Territory also recorded similar totals.”
Rainfall totals for the week ending March 23, 2021.Credit:Bureau of Meteorology
Eighty-six-year-old Patricia Parker’s Hawkesbury River home is under about 1.2 metres of murky brown water.
Thankfully her rescuers weren’t far away. Her son and daughter-in-law live up the hill behind her at Nagles Gully, a few kilometres down from Wisemans Ferry in Sydney’s north-west, and she is staying with them.
Patricia Parker, 86, views her submerged home from the safety of her son and daughter-in-law’s balcony.Credit:Janie Barrett
“We got her out of there in time so that was a good thing,” daughter-in-law Teressa Parker says.
“She’s pretty tough for 86. Other than being a bit unsteady on her feet, she’s doing pretty well.”
The Parkers lived through the 1990 floods, but estimate the water this year is slightly higher. The family were prepared and have plenty of supplies so they’re planning to stay until the water recedes.
“We didn’t want to take my mother-in-law any further from home than she is,” Teressa says.
Once the water level drops, the clean-up will begin.
“It is daunting,” Teressa says. “Until we go into [Patricia’s] house and actually see the damage … I think that will hit pretty hard.
“I remember when we cleaned out the old house [after flooding] in 1990, everything was full of mud and had to be washed down. We’ll see what we can salvage and what we can’t.”
Safety precautions have been in place at Centennial Park, in Sydney’s east, since Friday due to “extreme weather conditions”.
All sports fields and ovals remain closed in Centennial Park, Moore Park and Queens Park, except for the E.S. Marks Athletics Track, according to Centennial Parklands.
Randwick gates and Grand Drive reopened at 3pm today.
Photographer Renee Nowytarger has visited the grounds to capture the impact of heavy rainfall in recent days.
A local community campaign has sprung up to ferry supplies to stranded residents cut off by flooding in Sydney’s north-west.
On Wednesday morning, slabs of water, packets of food, cases of beer and bales of hay were unloaded by enthusiastic volunteers.
The donated goods were then loaded onto a Rural Fire Service boat which headed up the Hawkesbury River to provide relief to residents who are stuck.
Water and Victoria Bitter beer among the supplies. Credit:Janie Barrett
The community drops off supplies for the RFS to transport by boat to isolated communities stranded by the rising floodwaters at Wisemans Ferry. Credit:Janie Barrett
One of the organisers is Olivia Solomon from Glenorie, about 30 kilometres south of Wisemans Ferry. She said once she heard people were cut off she “wanted to do our part”.
“We wanted a community of mums to help another community of mums down here in Wisemans Ferry and all along the river,” she said.
A ‘For Sale’ sign for a flooded property on the Macdonald River, near Wisemans Ferry, NSW.Credit:Janie Barrett
Ms Solomon said once the call went out, people as far away as Penrith delivered supplies to her house on Tuesday night and they loaded the car chock full of goodies.
“We’ve got everything they need. Basic samples, we’ve got water, bread, milk. Then we’ve got lollies for the kids, tins of tuna,” she said. “We’ve also got vegetables, carrots for all the horses and animals, pet food, anything that they need. And it will still keep coming.
“After what we’ve been through with COVID it’s really nice to see communities stick together and support one another.”
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