Summary
- Residents in western parts of Penrith, Jamisontown and Mulgoa were ordered to evacuate on Sunday afternoon, with other communities along the Hawkesbury River told to prepare to leave their homes.
- NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian warned up to 4000 residents in the Hawkesbury-Nepean valley could be forced to evacuate, with a collision of two weather systems expected to bring more rainfall throughout the week.
- The Hawkesbury River at North Richmond may reach 16.4 metres on Monday morninig. The weather bureau is warning will be the worst floods experienced along the river since November 1961.
- The river network near the Warragamba Dam is causing concern for emergency services, with its overflow inciting a row between two NSW ministers.
- Communities in areas hit hardest by flooding can access disaster relief payments of up to $1000 from the federal government. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the Australian Defence Force was standing by to help if requested.
Are you preparing to evacuate?
By Lynette Eyb
Emergency services are asking those preparing to evacuate to register on the Red Cross’ Register. Find. Reunite (RFR) platform .
The platform is used by emergency services to help locate people living in affected areas.
You can register at: https://register.redcross.org.au – just click ‘register’.
If you are looking for a loved one, use the same link and click ‘find’.
‘Still got days of this extraordinary event’: Shane Fitzsimmons
There are three main areas of concern across the state for authorities today - the Mid-North Coast, the Hawkesbury valley and western NSW.
Head of Resilience NSW Shane Fitzsimmons says communities across the state have already had a difficult few years with drought, bushfires, mice plagues, a pandemic and now a flood.
“A lot of those same council areas affected by drought and bushfires - 34 council areas, in the last couple of days - have been declared natural disaster areas because of this extraordinary wet-weather event,” he told 2GB.
The NSW government has issued a total of 34 natural disaster declarations over the past 48 hours. Credit:Nick Moir
“We have still got days of this extraordinary event to roll out and communities will be threatened and compromised for a while yet.”
The disaster declarations cover areas including Armidale, Bellingen, Blue Mountains, Camden, Campbelltown, Canterbury Bankstown, Central Coast, Hornsby, Inner West, Kempsey, Ku-ring-gai, Lake Macquarie, Liverpool, Northern Beaches, Parramatta, Penrith, Port Macquarie-Hastings, The Hills and Wollondilly.
Mr Fitzsimmons said people across the state must heed the warning of the SES and other authorities.
“They are signalling these warnings for a reason and while it might not be immediately apparent to someone in their home ... right now, those warnings are not just about inundation but the potential for isolation and the inability to be able to get out in the coming hours, based on the forecast and the movement of these water patterns.”
‘Still a lot more to come downstream’
By Peter Hannam
Helen Kirkup, a forecaster at the Bureau of Meteorology, says Penrith and North Richmond on the Hawkesbury-Nepean have had their current flood peak move through, while Windsor “is yet to have their peak”.
However, heavy falls expected in the catchments in the region today and tomorrow, including the Colo River, mean “there’s still a lot more to come downstream” so the flood levels will remain high for days to come.
“There’s enough rainfall to come to have an impact,” Ms Kirkup said.
Windsor “is yet to have their peak” today, as residents prepare to evacuate later this morning.Credit:Nick Moir
The main influence continues to be moisture being brought in by a coastal low-pressure trough off the NSW coast. An inland trough drawing in moisture from off the north-western coast will soak areas to the west of the Great Dividing Range. These two troughs, though, are expected to combine tomorrow to continue the funnelling in of rain into coastal NSW.
Ms Kirkup noted rainfall totals have reached 900mm or higher in parts of northern NSW over the past week. “They have had some cracking numbers,” she says.
Most of the Sydney Basin can expect the drenching to continue with 85-150 millimetres forecast for Monday and Tuesday for the CBD and similar totals for Penrith in the west and Campbelltown in the south.
Australian Defence Force support likely: Police Minister
NSW Police Minister David Elliott is expecting to confirm this morning whether the Australian Defence Force will assist the NSW SES.
He told the Today show support could include “logistic, obviously, assistance with making sure we make safe our communities”.
Residents in the Windsor area have been told to prepare to evacuate as the Hawkesbury River rises.Credit:Nick Moir
Mr Elliott added that the SES has received about 10,000 requests for assistance.
“The good news is the recovery has started. We don’t wait around for that. We had recovery assistance packages already announced by the Commonwealth,” he said.
Flooded roads and wet weather
The Sydney Morning Herald’s photographers have captured these images from Windsor and Penrith. The areas are just two of those around Sydney’s west that have been issued evacuation orders and warnings.
Parts of Windsor are becoming inundated with water from the flooding Hawkesbury River. Credit:Nick Moir
Flooding in and around Windsor on Sunday.Credit:Nick Moir
The flooded Tench Reserve boat ramp in Penrith early on Monday morning as the Nepean River begins to breach its banks after days of heavy rain.Credit:Wolter Peeters
Hawkesbury River reaching major flooding levels at Windsor
By Laura Chung
Major flooding is expected at Windsor and Sackville, in Sydney’s west, from Monday, with river levels expected to be similar to the flood in May 1988.
Windsor was issued an evacuation warning just after 1am on Monday, with residents told to prepare to evacuate by 9am.
The Hawkesbury River at Windsor has almost exceeded the major flood level of 12.20m this morning. The river level may peak around 13m by Monday evening.
Residents in Penrith and Jamisontown’s west were issued evacuation orders last night.
Latest river heights for Hawkesbury River at WindsorCredit:BOM
School closures across the state
By Laura Chung
There are about 137 schools closed across the state today, including Riverstone Public School, Quakers Hill Public School, Penrith Valley School, Taree High School and Chester Hill High School.
You can see a full list on the Department of Education’s website.
‘Likely there will be more evacuations’
By Laura Chung
Kempsey is facing renewed flooding concern after a cell of rain overnight, NSW SES Assistant Commissioner Nicole Hogan said.
“We are expecting some renewed peaks on the river,” she told ABC News. “There is an evacuation order for Kempsey CBD.”
“We have got approximately over 2000 people who have requested to evacuate under our evacuation orders at this stage. It is likely there will be more evacuations in low-lying areas,” she told ABC News.
Ms Hogan urged people in greater Sydney to check travel conditions before making their way into work.
Latest evacuations and warnings
There are multiple evacuation orders in place across Sydney this morning.
Evacuation orders were issued for residents in parts of Penrith, Jamisontown and Mulgoa on Sunday afternoon, while there ae now also warnings in place for the eastern part of Eastern Creek, including properties in parts of Riverstone, Schofields, and Quakers Hill.
All residents in caravan parks along the Hawkesbury River from Windsor and Wisemans Ferry are being urged to prepare to evacuate, as well as the Windsor CBD, South Windsor, southern parts of Wilberforce, and Marsden Park, among other areas.
We will endeavour to update this list throughout the day.
Full details: Evacuation warning for Windsor
By Lynette Eyb
The SES released a flood evacuation warning for the Windsor CBD on Sunday evening.
Residents were told to prepare ahead of a possible formal evacuation order this morning.
Here is the full guidance.
The flood evacuation warning for Windsor CBD.Credit:SES
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