As heavy rains continued on the Central Coast, the NSW SES warned on Monday, May 6, of possible flooding on Wyong River and Tuggerah Lake, Budgewoi Lake and Lake Munmorah.
Residents were advised to stay informed by monitoring warnings issued by NSW SES on its website and Facebook page, listen to the ABC radio station and check the latest weather information from the Bureau of Meteorology online.
Up to 120mm of rain was recorded in parts of the Wyong River and Tuggerah Lake catchment in the 24 hours to 6am on Monday.
This caused river and lake level rises, with minor flooding occurring at Long Jetty.
Based on predictions from the Bureau of Meteorology, the following areas may be impacted by dangerous floodwaters: low-lying areas adjacent and around Tuggerah Lake, Budgewoi Lake and Lake Munmorah.
Low-lying streets, parklands and fields should be carefully monitored when moving in and out of the area.
If you have a Home and/or Business Emergency Plan, review it now.
Otherwise, have a conversation and plan for what you will do and take with you if you need to evacuate.
Consider the consequences of road and bridge closures and water over roads and make alternative arrangements for work, children and travel.
Obey all signs about road closures and instructions from emergency services.
Never drive, walk, ride through, play or swim in flood water- apart from being dangerous, fines could apply.
Avoid storm drains and pipes, ditches, ravines, creeks and rivers.
People in areas likely to be impacted by flooding should raise their assets, including waste and chemical containers, above expected flood heights.
For more information go to www.ses.nsw.gov.au
Fix the entrance channel permantly or open another outlet permantly looks like rain and suburbs flood
We are obviously going to keep getting rain events like now so if we are starting to get low lying land flooding there needs to be solutions put in place to mitigate .. otherwise we get the same old same old problems every year .. so probably need new council Leaders for better actions to be taken .. use people power .. if you are caught up in the flood zones back the people you talk to who can help with changing your local infrastructure.
I don’t understand after a few flood events recently, why no actions taken by the council or state government. Look like we don’t have proper flood draining mechanism at the Entrance. Check out how Netherlands did it if they don’t have any clue
Thank you. This channel issue has a long history and council and state government have told us they are spending large amounts of money in prevention and response. Can we suggest a quick search in our archives to see the history and extent of the debate and reations.