In the Sydney, Australia district of Windsor, people are seen walking on a roadway covered in floodwaters as the State of New South Wales undergoes significant flooding. — File/Reuters
More heavy rain is expected to come from an intense low-pressure system off the east coast of Australia.
Homes, farms, and bridges are submerged by floods, some for the third time this year.
About 30,000 residents in numerous west Sydney areas are facing evacuation, which is causing growing frustration.
SYDNEY: Following Monday’s floods in numerous Sydney areas caused by persistent rainfall, authorities issued new evacuation orders for tens of thousands of Sydney residents and warned of more wild weather.
After certain locations in the state were pounded with roughly a month’s worth of rain over the weekend, an intense low-pressure system off Australia’s east coast is predicted to bring further severe rain through Monday across New South Wales.
Frustration increased in numerous neighbourhoods in Sydney’s west when floods swamped homes, farms, and bridges there, some for the third time this year, forcing approximately 30,000 inhabitants of New South Wales state to evacuate.
“Simply devastating, We can’t believe it “Theresa Fedeli, mayor of Camden, stated.
“The majority of them have just recovered from the previous flood, setting up their homes and businesses again, and regrettably we are saying it is happening again.”
Local media said that an operation was under way to save 21 crew members from a cargo ship that had lost power south of Sydney and was in danger of being swept ashore.
In a televised media briefing, Dominic Perrottet, the premier of New South Wales, said, “It has been a very difficult time for many months to have this flood event off the back of others, (it) makes it more challenging,”
Since authorities urged individuals to leave their homes when told to do so and to stay off flooded roadways, no fatalities have yet been reported.
The frequent floods, according to Windsor resident Tracey, are too much for her to handle.
“We are over it. We are so over it. (This) is a bit much for us,” she told ABC television.
Australia was poorly prepared
The Bureau of Meteorology predicted that along a stretch of more than 300 kilometres (186 miles) of the New South Wales coast from Newcastle to the south of Sydney, about 100 millimetres (4 inches) of rain might fall in the ensuing 24 hours.
As of today afternoon, rain is expected to resume, according to BoM meteorologist Jonathan How.
Since Saturday, numerous locations have received more than 200mm of rain, with some receiving up to 350mm.
The Climate Council stated that Australia is “under-prepared” and that it is commonly agreed that climate change is a contributing factor to the frequent extreme weather events.
Given that river catchments are already nearly at capacity and that the La Nina phenomenon, which is normally associated with higher rainfall, has dominated Australia’s east coast for the past two years, the extreme weather might cause flash floods and landslides.
The intended launch of a NASA rocket from Australia’s northwestern Arnhem Space Centre on Monday has been postponed by 24 hours due to inclement weather, according to the launch company Equatorial Launch Australia.
