FLOOD COVERAGE: Evacuation Centres set up across Clarence Valley

As a result residents and visitors to these areas should take action now to prepare for possible flood impacts.

NSW SES is advising residents in low lying areas of the following location that they may need to evacuate due to rising flood water. These areas include:
• Ulmarra
• Tyndale Road
• Bostock Road
• Somerville Road
• Rathgar Lodge

Low lying properties may experience impacts due to flash flooding and/or riverine flooding.

Storm and flood impacts may interrupt essential services such as electricity, phones, internet, water and sewerage.
People in these areas need to closely monitor weather and road closures and make informed decisions early based on individual circumstances.
Residents should monitor the situation and be prepared to evacuate when instructed to do so. Once floodwater begins inundating the area, road access may be cut. If you remain in the area after this time, you may become trapped and it may be too dangerous for NSW SES to rescue you.

More details at www.ses.nsw.gov.au
Stay up to date with the latest weather, warnings & river conditions:

For emergency help in floods and storms, call the NSW State Emergency Service on 132 500. In life threatening situations call triple zero (000) immediately.

Update as of 10.45am Monday February 28

Disruption to some services

Due to the ongoing weather event, there has been some disruption to services.

• Maclean Customer Service Centre closed for face to face service, call centre remains open. You can call us on 6643 0200
• Garbage and green kerbside collection for Yamba and outlying areas of South Grafton, scheduled for today are interrupted.
• JR Richards have advised they are monitoring flood levels and will reschedule collection once roads reopen.

We ask for your patience and will update with more information when it becomes available.

Update as of 10am Monday 28 February

Flood Evacuation Warning issued for Clarence River at Southgate

The Bureau of Meteorology has predicting possible flooding for the Clarence River at Southgate areas.
As a result residents and visitors to these areas should take action now to prepare for possible flood impacts.
NSW SES is advising residents in low lying areas of the following location that they may need to evacuate due to rising flood water.
These areas include:
• Southgate

Low lying properties may experience impacts due to flash flooding and/or riverine flooding.

Storm and flood impacts may interrupt essential services such as electricity, phones, internet, water and sewerage.
People in these areas need to closely monitor weather and road closures and make informed decisions early based on individual circumstances.
Residents should monitor the situation and be prepared to evacuate when instructed to do so.

More details at www.ses.nsw.gov.au
Stay up to date with the latest weather, warnings & river conditions:

For emergency help in floods and storms, call the NSW State Emergency Service on 132 500. In life threatening situations call triple zero (000) immediately.

Update as of 9am Monday 28 February

Help required – Iluka Sandbagging

Iluka Road at Esk River is now closed which has resulted in the isolation of Iluka. It has been advised there is possible risk to the levee wall.

The SES team are in need of help sandbagging the levee wall and ask the community to who are able, to meet at the bus shelter at Marandowie Drive to support the small SES team that are currently there.

Please help if you can. More updates to follow.

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