New South Wales residents are being warned of significant rainfall this weekend, with flood warnings in place for around 18 rivers. Communities in Penrith, North Richmond and Menangle are being urged to stay informed. 9News MORE:
over the next 24 to 36 hours with heavy rain, storms and dangerous flash flooding likely.
"Over the next 24-36 hours we are likely to see increased rainfall across southern inland places like Bathurst and also across Sydney," Cooke said today. "We know floodwaters can rise very rapidly, the ground is saturated," Deputy Premier, Police Minister and Member for Bathurst Paul Toole said. "Thankfully at the moment we've only had 365 requests for assistance in the last 24 hours across NSW, of note, four of those have been flood recues.
Tomorrow this will extend to Sydney Enclosed Waters, Coffs Coast, Macquarie Coast, Hunter Coast, Sydney Coast, Batemans Coast and Eden Coast.Simms said an excess of 50mm of rain could fall around saturated catchments in Sydney, the Central West, the Illawarra and South Coast in the coming days.and residents in affected areas are urged to prepare now - before the rain worsens.
"The silver-lining to this wet week is a broad high pressure system moving in from the weekend, allowing skies to clear and days to warm up early next week," it wrote. A trough will pass over Queensland from Saturday, which is expected to bring about 40-60mm of rain to some sections of the south east.A flood watch is current for southern inland catchments in Queensland, along with multiple flood warnings.weather presenter Tim Davies said.
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