{"id":82162,"date":"2025-08-20T10:09:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/82162\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T10:09:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T10:09:06","slug":"stay-ready-and-stay-safe-nsw-braced-for-intense-rainfall-and-risk-of-floods-extreme-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/82162\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Stay ready and stay safe\u2019: NSW braced for intense rainfall and risk of floods | Extreme weather"},"content":{"rendered":"

People in New South Wales<\/a> have been warned to \u201cstay ready and stay safe\u201d as another bout of intense rainfall, which could lead to floods, is about to hit the state.<\/p>\n

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued flood watches across NSW, including parts of the mid-north coast, Hunter, Nepean and north west slopes.<\/p>\n

A major flood warning has been issued for the Namoi River and a moderate flood warning for the Peel River.<\/p>\n

The NSW SES deputy commissioner, Deb Platz, acknowledged people were worn out after a run of wild weather, but she urged people to prepare.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe do know that people are tired, and that can lead to some complacency. Please, for your own safety, think of your family, friends and colleagues, your neighbors, please stay abreast of what is happening,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re urging the community to be ready and be safe.\u201d<\/p>\n

The weather is expected to deteriorate later on Wednesday, according to the SES, with heavy rainfall likely in areas west of Tamworth and along the northern coast.<\/p>\n

The \u201cwettest period\u201d for NSW and southern Queensland<\/a> would come between now and Friday, according to the bureau.<\/p>\n

Miriam Bradbury, senior meteorologist at the BoM, said widespread and persistent rainfall was expected over the coming days, reaching totals of between 60 and 120mm, with some places likely to receive in excess of 150mm.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of those higher accumulations include places like Sydney [and] all the way up to around the Gold Coast in Queensland,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

That amount of rain falling on already saturated ground could lead to flash flooding and rising rivers, she said.<\/p>\n

According to the BoM, the weather system was caused by a low pressure trough along the state\u2019s coastline, drawing in moist air from the ocean \u2013 with warmer-than-average sea temperatures \u2013 and a high pressure system in the southern Tasman Sea.<\/p>\n

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By 5pm Wednesday, the SES has issued 28 warnings, including a Watch and Act for people living in Goangra and surrounding areas, near the Namoi river, which could flood.<\/p>\n

The SES has already received more than 480 calls for help, and has responded to more than 180 incidents.<\/p>\n

Residents in affected areas were encouraged to prepare their homes by clearing gutters and downpipes, trimming trees and tying down loose items.<\/p>\n

Platz reminded people to stay out of flooded areas. \u201cIt is extremely dangerous to play, walk through, or drive through any flooded waters, and we do expect to see significant road closures during this particular event.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"People in New South Wales have been warned to \u201cstay ready and stay safe\u201d as another bout of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82163,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-82162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82162"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82162\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}