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Four Die as Floods Hammer Area North of Sydney, More Rain Coming

Mint

23-05-2025

Climate
Mint

Four Die as Floods Hammer Area North of Sydney, More Rain Coming

(Bloomberg) -- At least four people died and thousands are without power as severe storms lashed Australia's most populous state. Large swaths of New South Wales state remain on high alert for floods and extreme weather. Heavy rainfall is expected to continue into the weekend in central and southern regions, and coastal areas are bracing for wind gusts of up to 80 kilometers an hour, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. The weather system is now moving south with heavy rains in Sydney on Friday. 'Flooding will likely continue through Friday, Saturday and even into Sunday for much of eastern New South Wales,' said Dean Narramore, a meteorologist at the bureau. Some areas have recorded as much as 600mm of rainfall over the last four days, he said. Global warming is making extreme weather such as torrential rain more frequent, putting lives, critical infrastructure and crops across the world at risk. The intensity of short and heavy rain events has increased by around 10% or more in some Australian regions, according to the government's most recent biennial State of the Climate report. The floods have already left at least 50,000 people isolated and four dead, with an one other person missing. Over 600 people have been rescued since the flooding began, Colin Malone, New South Wales emergency services assistant commissioner, said Friday morning. 'We'll be using boats and helicopters to help isolated people with food and medications, and also assist in transporting people to urgent medical appointments or other medical emergencies,' he said. More than 500 boats and nine helicopters have been deployed across the state. 'Yet again, devastating flooding, water over rooftops, and people being evacuated, the word 'unprecedented' becomes meaningless for how Australian society and policymakers need to respond to these increasingly prevalent events,' said Paula Jarzabkowski, a researcher at the University of Queensland, who specializes in insurance protection. More stories like this are available on

Business Times

23-05-2025

Climate
Business Times

Four die as floods hammer area north of Sydney, more rain coming

AT LEAST four people died and thousands are without power as severe storms lashed Australia's most populous state. Large swaths of New South Wales state remain on high alert for floods and extreme weather. Heavy rainfall is expected to continue into the weekend in central and southern regions, and coastal areas are bracing for wind gusts of up to 80 kmh, according to the Bureau of Meteorology. The weather system is now moving south with heavy rains in Sydney on Friday. 'Flooding will likely continue through Friday, Saturday and even into Sunday for much of eastern New South Wales,' said Dean Narramore, a meteorologist at the bureau. Some areas have recorded as much as 600mm of rainfall over the last four days, he said. Global warming is making extreme weather such as torrential rain more frequent, putting lives, critical infrastructure and crops across the world at risk. BT in your inbox Start and end each day with the latest news stories and analyses delivered straight to your inbox. Sign Up Sign Up The intensity of short and heavy rain events has increased by around 10 per cent or more in some Australian regions, according to the government's most recent biennial State of the Climate report. The floods have already left at least 50,000 people isolated and four dead, with an one other person missing. Over 600 people have been rescued since the flooding began, Colin Malone, New South Wales emergency services assistant commissioner, said on Friday morning. 'We'll be using boats and helicopters to help isolated people with food and medications, and also assist in transporting people to urgent medical appointments or other medical emergencies,' he said. More than 500 boats and nine helicopters have been deployed across the state. 'Yet again, devastating flooding, water over rooftops, and people being evacuated, the word 'unprecedented' becomes meaningless for how Australian society and policymakers need to respond to these increasingly prevalent events,' said Paula Jarzabkowski, a researcher at the University of Queensland, who specialises in insurance protection. BLOOMBERG

NSW weather: BoM warns of ‘lots of flooding to come' on mid-north coast

The Guardian

21-05-2025

Climate
The Guardian

NSW weather: BoM warns of ‘lots of flooding to come' on mid-north coast

The weather bureau has warned of 'lots of flooding to come' on the New South Wales mid-north coast after intense rain has caused a major river to rise to its highest level in almost 100 years. A Bureau of Meteorology meteorologist, Dean Narramore, forecast 50mm to 150mm rainfall in parts of the state north of Forster on Wednesday, with isolated falls in excess of 200m possible. Narramore said some areas had been inundated by 300mm to 400mm of rain – the town of Taree even more – causing widespread flash flooding and major river flooding. Sign up for Guardian Australia's breaking news email He said the floods would probably not ease until later in the week as a slow-moving weather system continued to dump rain on the region. '[The weather system] wobbles north today and then it will probably come back south, unfortunately, tomorrow, and then finally clearing out on Friday from the mid-north coast,' he said. '[There are] still two days of rainfall on the way, with lots of flooding to come.' Coffs Harbour, Port Macquarie, Taree, Kempsey, Sawtell, Dorrigo, Barrington Tops, Wingham and Yarrowitch were in line for more rain. Locals around the Manning River were warned to evacuate on Tuesday evening as the river surged past major flood levels. By Wednesday morning the river was at a level 'never seen before' at Taree, surpassing the 1929 record of six metres, the NSW State Emergency Service said. In the past 24 hours, the SES responded to 892 calls, including 130 flood rescues, the bulk of which were in Taree, Wingham and Glenthorne. Sign up to Breaking News Australia Get the most important news as it breaks after newsletter promotion The rescues included several cars caught driving into flood water and, as the night progressed, many people reported rising water into their homes, with some needing to seek refuge on their roofs, the SES said. 'Unfortunately, we've ... had a large number of calls for help in areas that were subject to evacuation warnings and we are still assessing how best to access those locations,' the state duty commander, Assistant Commissioner Colin Malone, said on Wednesday. In the state's Hunter region, the Myall River is among the areas on flood watch, with residents warned to monitor forecasts and rainfall and be ready to move to higher ground. For Ray, a cleaner at Bulahdelah's Plough Inn Hotel, the rising river has already caused damage. 'My houseboat went,' he said. 'I was looking across the jetty [Tuesday] morning and it wasn't there. It's the icing on the cake, [the weather has been on and off for the last couple of weeks.'

Parts of NSW face two more days of intense rain, severe flooding

ABC News

20-05-2025

Climate
ABC News

Parts of NSW face two more days of intense rain, severe flooding

The Bureau of Meteorology's Dean Narramore says 48-hour rain totals have notched 300 to 400 mm in some Mid North Coast areas.

'Incredible' rainfalls as parts of NSW record well over 200mm