Forecasters are warning there’s a high risk of widespread flooding as multiple weather systems move across the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) and days of heavy rainfall on already saturated catchments.
A succession of three rainfall systems will bring downpours across large tracts of the country’s east this week, with parts of the state’s inland regions already hit with showers and thunderstorms.
“This rainfall is likely to lead to widespread flooding across many of our rivers across NSW,” Dean Narramore from the Bureau of Meteorology said on Tuesday.
Assistant SES commissioner Sean Kearns says he’s very concerned about western and southwestern parts of the state as more rain falls on drenched catchments….