{"id":24025,"date":"2022-07-04T11:12:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-04T11:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/?p=24025"},"modified":"2026-07-05T17:17:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T17:17:30","slug":"sydney-brace-for-another-night-of-flood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nsemgh.com\/2022\/07\/04\/sydney-brace-for-another-night-of-flood\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney brace for another night of flood"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sydney braced for another long night on Monday with more than 70 flood evacuation orders in place across New South Wales and further alerts being issued into the evening, despite a forecast that conditions could ease on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Large parts of the state have been hammered with record levels of torrential rainfall since Friday, placing about 32,000 people under evacuation orders including in several parts of Sydney.<\/p>\n

On Monday evening, further evacuation orders were issued for low-lying parts of Woronora, Liverpool, Morebank, Georges Hall and Bonnet Bay amid \u201cdangerous, rapid\u201d river level rises at Woronora Bridge in excess of 2016 levels.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt is forecast to ease possibly for [Tuesday] but the night-time will be a concern,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t want people to think they can move back into their houses \u2026 we\u2019re going to make sure it\u2019s safe and the community who have evacuated are in safe places. And we\u2019ll be looking at where we can lift those orders tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n