Dozens of people have been rescued from their roofs as an “unbelievable” deluge flooded a small New South Wales town, and powerful storms lashed much of the central west.
“This is a very serious situation,” Emergency Services Minister Steph Cooke said on Monday.
“The entire central west of NSW has been hit very hard in the last 24 hours.
“The ground is so saturated that all it takes is one heavy downpour to cause the type of life-threatening flash flooding we have experienced overnight and into today.”
The main areas of severe impact are the towns of Parkes, Forbes, Molong, Eugowra, Cowra, Canowindra, Blayney, Young and Yass….