NSW expects more rain as death toll from the floods increases

The damages is Brisbane alone could exceed $1 billion

The ADF help clean up at the Rocklea Cold Storage facility, that lost over $25 Million worth of food, in Brisbane. Queensland faces further severe storms as the mud army of volunteers continue with the flood clean-up. Photo: AAP/Jono Searle

6 March 2022 6:13pm

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Sydney, will have to brace for more heavy downpours on Sunday evening and the coming days as the death toll from flooding rises to 17.

According to the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) more than a year’s worth of rainfall flooded southern Queensland and northern New South Wales (NSW) leaving thousands of people in both states displaced, sweeping away property, livestock and roads.

The BOM in NSW said that a new weather system could bring another round of heavy rains across the state issuing several warnings for severe weather today and in the coming days, including parts of the Sydney metro region, the South Coast, Illawarra, and parts of the Tablelands.

The eastern Tablelands and Illawarra, could face flash flooding. The rainfall was expected to temporarily ease in the north this afternoon before concentrating over the South Coast in the evening

Some heavy rain over Sydney this morning, and several days of persistent falls to come. Here are the Sunday and Monday forecast totals. @BOM_au pic.twitter.com/OKgWZ1prP3

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“We are facing, unfortunately, a few more days of ongoing wet, stormy weather which will be quite dangerous for residents of NSW,” BOM meteorologist Jane Golding said at a televised briefing.

In the north of New South Wales, the Clarence River remained at a major flood level, but Golding said that the severe weather appeared likely to clear from Wednesday onwards.

In Brisbane and surrounding areas that were hit by heavy storms flooding several thousand properties, authorities predict the process will take months whereas the financial damage could exceed $1 billion.

“For an event that lasted just three days, it’s going to have a big impact on our economy and on our budget,” Queensland’s treasurer, Cameron Dick, said at a briefing earlier today.

And Tuesday's forecast is also wet, bringing four-day totals to 100mm+ in areas that are already facing rising rivers. And there is a warning out this morning for heavy rain for parts of the central coast and inland: https://t.co/E0A4G0fr0O @BOM_au pic.twitter.com/ErPvxk5ZQg

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