Thousands of residents in the Sydney suburbs were told to evacuate their homes after heavy rain caused floodwaters to rise and rivers to overflow in ‘life-threatening’ emergencies
The Bureau of Meteorology issued a severe weather warning for heavy rain and flash floods and winds of up to 55mph per hour along the coast of Australia's most populous city and other parts of New South Wales state.
Residents in a number of suburbs have been ordered to evacuate, but Emergency Services Minister Steph Cooke said people do not need to wait to be told to leave."If you are feeling uncomfortable or unsure about your circumstances, and there is an opportunity for you to leave earlier, don't necessarily wait for an evacuation order," she said.
Emergency services said they have carried out more than 100 flood rescues and responded to some 3,000 requests for assistance in the past 24 hours. Evacuation centres have opened in several areas of western Sydney. The weather bureau's hazards preparation and response manager, Jane Golding, said a coastal trough lingering since Friday deepened while an east coast low-pressure system formed off the Mid North Coast.
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