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[.. posted now over four months ago ..]
[...]There are communities in NSW that have faced floods for the fourth time in 18 months. And
for some people, in the back of their minds, there's a strong likelihood it'll happen again.
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Guardian Australia
Wyangala Dam, in central west New South Wales, is spilling significant amounts of water into the Lachlan River after ongoing heavy rainfall. Residents of nearby Forbes were warned to evacuate by 7am Tuesday or risk being cut off as the SES say the Lachlan River is rising faster than originally forecast
Australia news updates
NSW floods: friends and family struggle to locate loved ones in Eugowra as waters rise
‘Like an ocean’: Molong devastated by deluge with more NSW towns hit with fresh flooding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3C2JRlPXFw
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NSW floods: friends and family struggle to locate loved ones in Eugowra as waters rise
As residents are helicoptered to safety from the isolated town, BoM issues flood warnings for Forbes and Bathurst
* ‘Like an ocean’: Molong devastated by deluge with more NSW towns hit with fresh flooding
Aerial image of the flooded town of Canowindra on Monday. Eugowra is 30km north-west in NSW. Photograph: Chris Watson Farmpix Photography
Cait Kelly
Mon 14 Nov 2022 21.24 AEDT
First published on Mon 14 Nov 2022 21.14 AEDT
Family and friends of missing Eugowra residents have been waiting anxiously to hear if their loved ones are safe after flash flooding inundated the town, leaving it with no reception.
The entire town of Eugowra remained cut off on Monday evening and about 200 people were being airlifted from the showground evacuation centre to Orange.
Torrents of water spill from Wyangala Dam in central west NSW, increasing flood risk – video [see above]
About 140 flood rescues have been carried out in the past 24 hours, including 100 from rooftops.
“With a population of 700, one in five residents have been rescued in the last few hours, by helicopter or by boat,” the emergency services minister, Steph Cooke, said on Monday.
“This [severe weather] event is now in its 62nd day, and every day it throws up new challenges.”
[A NSW Rural Fire Service truck ferries essential workers through flood waters in Forbes]
South Australia suffers biggest blackout since 2016 as weather system brings more flooding to inland NSW
Read more > https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/14/more-flood-warnings-for-inland-nsw-as-wild-weather-cuts-off-power-to-thousands-in-south-australia
Eugowra is the location of one of 24 emergency warnings in place across NSW after flash floods hit the region in the past 24 hours. The main areas of severe impact are the towns of Parkes, Forbes, Molong, Eugowra, Cowra, Canowindra, Blayney, Young and Yass.
“With all the rain over the weekend we are still seeing significant flooding for large parts of the country – particularly for Bathurst and Forbes,” Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Jonathan How said, as the bureau issued a fresh flood warning .. http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/warnings/flood/lachlanriver.shtml .. for the Lachlan River in Forbes in the early hours of Tuesday.
The region’s mayor Kevin Beatty said the situation in Eugowra was “devastating”.
“The entire town is flood-affected and now cut off. You can only get to it by helicopter or boat and the telecommunications are down.
“The water is still quite deep, it’s subsiding slightly but they had another rise not long ago.”
The Belubula River at major flood level with water now reaching the main street of Canowindra which is 30km south-east of Eugowra. Photograph: Chris Watson Farmpix Photography
Beatty said residents were being evacuated from one of the evacuation centres after the showground was surrounded by water.
“They’re saying they’ve evacuated all those in precarious positions. Now they’re just trying to helicopter them out.”
Mat Reid, a former policeman whose home is on a hill and out of the flood waters, said the noise was so loud it woke him up.
“It’s sort of very difficult to comment on what’s happening on the other side of the river, no one can communicate,” Reid said.
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[MAP inside] - Eastern Australia floods: SES flood warning areas
Showing areas with SES flood warnings. Warnings are coloured by alert level. This map should not be used to determine the risk of flooding in
your area, please check the SES and Bureau of Meteorology websites for the latest updates. Map data last updated 15 November at 09:06
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/14/nsw-floods-friends-and-family-struggle-to-locate-loved-ones-as-waters-rise
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“I got a message from a friend earlier this morning when they were on the roof of their house. I’ve been told they’ve been evacuated to the showground.”
Reid said he had been getting calls all day from worried family and friends wanting to see if he knew where their loved ones were.
“There’s one girl I don’t even know who called. The least I can do is try and go to the evacuation point and put them back into communication with each other.”
On social media, community members shared a spreadsheet noting who had been found and where they were now.
Cristine Trimmer, who started the list, said people were desperate for news of friends and family.
“The amount of people they are still looking for … that list is in excess of 100 that haven’t made contact yet or don’t have the ability to make contact.”
Trimmer said it was unclear who was being housed at the evacuation centre but a total of 260 people were there according to the local council.
Trimmer, who lives in Queensland but has relatives in the town, said the lack of reception was driving anxiety – but slowly people were being accounted for.
Debbie Rob lives in Forbes, which is also isolated because of flood water, and was desperate to hear about her friend Annmarie Randell who lives in Eugowra.
“I last spoke to her at 10.28am this morning,” Rob said on Monday night. “Then her phone died. All day I have been trying to contact her and reach out for support.”
Rob was able to use social media to find her and Randell has now been listed as safe.
Cooke said four people across NSW had died in the past 62 days as a result of the severe weather but no deaths had been reported in the past 24 hours.
Twelve flood rescue operators were flying in from New Zealand to support exhausted State Emergency Service crews in Parkes, the minister said.
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[An intentionally lit controlled fire burns intensely near Tomerong, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in an effort to contain a larger fire nearby.
Around 2,300 firefighters in New South Wales state were making the most of relatively benign conditions by frantically consolidating containment lines around more than 110 blazes and patrolling for lightning strikes, state Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)]
Send in the drones: how to transform Australia’s fight against bushfires and floods
Read more > https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/13/send-in-the-drones-how-to-transform-australias-fight-against-bushfires-and-floods
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“The SES is now also working with authorities in Singapore and the United States to secure additional support.”
This was the first time the SES had made a request for overseas assistance, Carlene York, the SES commissioner, said.
The NSW premier, Dominic Perrottet, urged people in flood-hit areas to follow emergency warnings.
“It may be the case that you don’t see flooding around you when those orders are put in place – that is because we expect and predict further flooding moving forward,” he said.
He urged people not to drive through flood waters, saying a significant number of rescues were because people tried driving on flooded roads.
“You wouldn’t drive through a bushfire – don’t drive in flood waters.”
Some 118 warnings had been issued by the SES, including for residents to evacuate to higher ground in Cowra, Canowindra, Derrinwong and Eugowra.
– with AAP
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/14/nsw-floods-friends-and-family-struggle-to-locate-loved-ones-as-waters-rise
"Nigeria floods: Braving the rising waters in Kogi state
"Why are Pakistan’s floods so extreme this year?
"Asia floods. Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Laos. Afghanistan. South Korea. Yemen. Japan. Sri Lanka. Iran. China.
"‘We Need Help’: Death Toll Rises in Devastating Kentucky Flooding
"What is causing record floods and heat waves in China?
"NSW Flood Emergency"""""
Related (the one immediately above) NSW Flood Emergency
[.. posted now over four months ago ..]
[...]There are communities in NSW that have faced floods for the fourth time in 18 months. And
for some people, in the back of their minds, there's a strong likelihood it'll happen again.
https://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=169372697
4,962 views Nov 15, 2022
Guardian Australia
Wyangala Dam, in central west New South Wales, is spilling significant amounts of water into the Lachlan River after ongoing heavy rainfall. Residents of nearby Forbes were warned to evacuate by 7am Tuesday or risk being cut off as the SES say the Lachlan River is rising faster than originally forecast
Australia news updates
NSW floods: friends and family struggle to locate loved ones in Eugowra as waters rise
‘Like an ocean’: Molong devastated by deluge with more NSW towns hit with fresh flooding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3C2JRlPXFw
--
NSW floods: friends and family struggle to locate loved ones in Eugowra as waters rise
As residents are helicoptered to safety from the isolated town, BoM issues flood warnings for Forbes and Bathurst
* ‘Like an ocean’: Molong devastated by deluge with more NSW towns hit with fresh flooding
Aerial image of the flooded town of Canowindra on Monday. Eugowra is 30km north-west in NSW. Photograph: Chris Watson Farmpix Photography
Cait Kelly
Mon 14 Nov 2022 21.24 AEDT
First published on Mon 14 Nov 2022 21.14 AEDT
Family and friends of missing Eugowra residents have been waiting anxiously to hear if their loved ones are safe after flash flooding inundated the town, leaving it with no reception.
The entire town of Eugowra remained cut off on Monday evening and about 200 people were being airlifted from the showground evacuation centre to Orange.
Torrents of water spill from Wyangala Dam in central west NSW, increasing flood risk – video [see above]
About 140 flood rescues have been carried out in the past 24 hours, including 100 from rooftops.
“With a population of 700, one in five residents have been rescued in the last few hours, by helicopter or by boat,” the emergency services minister, Steph Cooke, said on Monday.
“This [severe weather] event is now in its 62nd day, and every day it throws up new challenges.”
[A NSW Rural Fire Service truck ferries essential workers through flood waters in Forbes]
South Australia suffers biggest blackout since 2016 as weather system brings more flooding to inland NSW
Read more > https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/14/more-flood-warnings-for-inland-nsw-as-wild-weather-cuts-off-power-to-thousands-in-south-australia
Eugowra is the location of one of 24 emergency warnings in place across NSW after flash floods hit the region in the past 24 hours. The main areas of severe impact are the towns of Parkes, Forbes, Molong, Eugowra, Cowra, Canowindra, Blayney, Young and Yass.
“With all the rain over the weekend we are still seeing significant flooding for large parts of the country – particularly for Bathurst and Forbes,” Bureau of Meteorology senior meteorologist Jonathan How said, as the bureau issued a fresh flood warning .. http://www.bom.gov.au/nsw/warnings/flood/lachlanriver.shtml .. for the Lachlan River in Forbes in the early hours of Tuesday.
The region’s mayor Kevin Beatty said the situation in Eugowra was “devastating”.
“The entire town is flood-affected and now cut off. You can only get to it by helicopter or boat and the telecommunications are down.
“The water is still quite deep, it’s subsiding slightly but they had another rise not long ago.”
The Belubula River at major flood level with water now reaching the main street of Canowindra which is 30km south-east of Eugowra. Photograph: Chris Watson Farmpix Photography
Beatty said residents were being evacuated from one of the evacuation centres after the showground was surrounded by water.
“They’re saying they’ve evacuated all those in precarious positions. Now they’re just trying to helicopter them out.”
Mat Reid, a former policeman whose home is on a hill and out of the flood waters, said the noise was so loud it woke him up.
“It’s sort of very difficult to comment on what’s happening on the other side of the river, no one can communicate,” Reid said.
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[MAP inside] - Eastern Australia floods: SES flood warning areas
Showing areas with SES flood warnings. Warnings are coloured by alert level. This map should not be used to determine the risk of flooding in
your area, please check the SES and Bureau of Meteorology websites for the latest updates. Map data last updated 15 November at 09:06
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/14/nsw-floods-friends-and-family-struggle-to-locate-loved-ones-as-waters-rise
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“I got a message from a friend earlier this morning when they were on the roof of their house. I’ve been told they’ve been evacuated to the showground.”
Reid said he had been getting calls all day from worried family and friends wanting to see if he knew where their loved ones were.
“There’s one girl I don’t even know who called. The least I can do is try and go to the evacuation point and put them back into communication with each other.”
On social media, community members shared a spreadsheet noting who had been found and where they were now.
Cristine Trimmer, who started the list, said people were desperate for news of friends and family.
“The amount of people they are still looking for … that list is in excess of 100 that haven’t made contact yet or don’t have the ability to make contact.”
Trimmer said it was unclear who was being housed at the evacuation centre but a total of 260 people were there according to the local council.
Trimmer, who lives in Queensland but has relatives in the town, said the lack of reception was driving anxiety – but slowly people were being accounted for.
Debbie Rob lives in Forbes, which is also isolated because of flood water, and was desperate to hear about her friend Annmarie Randell who lives in Eugowra.
“I last spoke to her at 10.28am this morning,” Rob said on Monday night. “Then her phone died. All day I have been trying to contact her and reach out for support.”
Rob was able to use social media to find her and Randell has now been listed as safe.
Cooke said four people across NSW had died in the past 62 days as a result of the severe weather but no deaths had been reported in the past 24 hours.
Twelve flood rescue operators were flying in from New Zealand to support exhausted State Emergency Service crews in Parkes, the minister said.
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[An intentionally lit controlled fire burns intensely near Tomerong, Australia, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2020, in an effort to contain a larger fire nearby.
Around 2,300 firefighters in New South Wales state were making the most of relatively benign conditions by frantically consolidating containment lines around more than 110 blazes and patrolling for lightning strikes, state Rural Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons said. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)]
Send in the drones: how to transform Australia’s fight against bushfires and floods
Read more > https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/13/send-in-the-drones-how-to-transform-australias-fight-against-bushfires-and-floods
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“The SES is now also working with authorities in Singapore and the United States to secure additional support.”
This was the first time the SES had made a request for overseas assistance, Carlene York, the SES commissioner, said.
The NSW premier, Dominic Perrottet, urged people in flood-hit areas to follow emergency warnings.
“It may be the case that you don’t see flooding around you when those orders are put in place – that is because we expect and predict further flooding moving forward,” he said.
He urged people not to drive through flood waters, saying a significant number of rescues were because people tried driving on flooded roads.
“You wouldn’t drive through a bushfire – don’t drive in flood waters.”
Some 118 warnings had been issued by the SES, including for residents to evacuate to higher ground in Cowra, Canowindra, Derrinwong and Eugowra.
– with AAP
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/14/nsw-floods-friends-and-family-struggle-to-locate-loved-ones-as-waters-rise
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