Residents in the New South Wales (NSW) rural town of Forbes have been issued their second emergency flood evacuation warning in two weeks as major flash flooding occurs throughout the state.
The State Emergency Services (SES) changed its warning for people in Forbes and the surrounding areas to evacuate before 7 a.m. because the nearby Lachlan River was rising faster than originally thought.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) said the Lachlan River near Forbes could reach a peak of 10.8 metres (35 feet) by Tuesday afternoon, similar to the June 1952 flood.
It comes 10 days after the town was inundated, causing the CBD to become “isolated and like an island,” the SES said on Nov. 5….