Heavy rain is sweeping across already flooded parts of central and western New South Wales, with authorities warning it will continue for days.
Key points:
- 44mm of rain recorded overnight in Burndoo, south east of Wilcannia
- A severe weather warning is in place for the Riverina, Lower Western, Upper Western and parts of Central West Slopes and Plains
- SES and Ambulance NSW conducted a flood rescue in Gunnedah overnight
The Bureau of Meteorology says heavy rain developing over parts of far western NSW may lead to flash flooding throughout today, as the system moves over western parts of the Riverina and central West Slopes and Plains early this morning.
A severe weather warning is in place spanning from the Queensland and South Australian borders to the far west of NSW.
Deniliquin, Tibooburra, Cobar, Bourke, Broken Hill and Wentworth are listed as the main areas of concern.
The bureau is predicting six-hourly rainfall totals of 30-40mm with possible localised falls up to 60mm.
Rainfall totals of 50-70mm are likely over a 24 hour period with possible localised falls of up to 100mm in some areas, as thunderstorm clusters embedded in the rain band move over the state.
Burndoo, south east of Wilcannia, recorded 44mm between 1am and 4am.
The State Emergency Service (SES) said they performed a flood rescue in Gunnedah overnight with assistance from Ambulance NSW, and so far have seen rain impacting mostly rural areas and not more populous town centres.
Slight reprieve
SES south-east zone media officer David Rankine said the Central West and Orana region did not receive the volume of rain expected overnight, with the brunt of the rain falling in the Riverina.
"We're pretty confident by the look of this that western NSW has kind of skipped the worst of the rainfall overnight which gives us a bit of a reprieve ahead of what we're expecting to be quite intense rainfall in the next 48 hours," Mr Rankine said.
"We're certainly not resting on our laurels because there's a second front coming through … dropping what is predicted to be a significant amount of rain."
The SES is urging residents and holiday-makers in affected regions to check its new warning system HazardWatch on its website, with more rain forecast for the remainder of the week as a second wet weather system moves through from Friday.
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