Floods 2022: Thousands told to evacuate as heavy rains bring life-threatening emergency

Floods 2022: Thousands told to evacuate as heavy rains bring life-threatening emergency

Amid incessant severe rains, Sydney's main dam spilled overnight, and thousands of New South Wales (NSW) residents on Sunday were told to evacuate due to await heavy rains and that may be  bring "life-threatening  emergency." 

NSW residents living on the coast between Newcastle and Batemans Bay have been warned wild weather position are likely to worsen over the next 24 hours as floods hit the east coast once more.

"MAJOR FLOODING Hawkesbury River at North Richmond (WPS) may exceed the March 2021, March 2022 and April 2022 flood events SUNDAY NIGHT," tweeted Bureau of serology , New South Wales.

"great FLOODING appear AT NORTH RICHMOND WITH RIVER stander POSSIBLY RISING TO THE MARCH 2022 EVENT SUNDAY NIGHT," added the tweet.

The climate  bureau warned of heavy rainfall potentially leading to flash floods and landslides along the east coast region from Newcastle to Bateman's Bay in New South Wales state, with rain await to step up over the next two days.

"9,500 public are now subject to clearing orders and warnings, and this digit keep up to rise.

NSW faces a digit of dangers: flash flooding, riverine surge and coastal erosion. I'm inspire all section to heed the guide  of @NSWSES and @BOM_NSW," tweeted New South Wales crisis kindness minister Steph Cooke.

Cooke said tht the latest rainfall and flash flooding is a "life-threatening crisis state ", as thousands of public in low-lying areas across Sydney's south-west have been called to go their homes or risk becoming isolated.

Residents in parts of Camden, Woronora, Chipping Norton, Georges Hall, Lansvale, Moorebank, Warwick Farm, Penrith and Emu Plains are one of those forced as an overnight deluge hit swollen waterways.

"large rainfall and locally damaging winds ongoing in areas all over the #Sydney basin #Newcastle #Central Coast #Cessnock #Maitland #Penrith #Wollongong #Nowra #Bowral Katoomba #Lithgow," read Bureau of Meteorology tweet.

More than 1400 calls for help to the NSW State Emergency kindness (SES) have been made in the last 24 hours, and crisis kindness have had to make 29 deliver .

More than 200 micron (8 inches) of rain have fallen over many  more areas with some hit by as should as 350 millimeters, the Bureau of Meteorology said, lesson of flood risks along the Nepean River.

The heavy rains caused Sydney's main dam to spill overnight, water authorities said, adding that modelling showed the spill should  be close to a major spill in March 2021 at the Warragamba Dam, record CNN.

"There's no room for the water to retain in the dams. They are begin to spill. The rivers are flowing very fast and very dangerous. And then we have the risk of flash flooding, depending on where the rains are," State crisis kindness Commissioner Carlene York said.

In the past day, 29 public have been rescued from floodwaters, invoked one who was hanging on to a pole for an hour as employed struggled to reach them, record CNN.

The Australian authority has supply the state with 100 troops who are helping with sandbagging and two helicopters to aid with any rescues, cover Minister Richard Marles said on Sky News.