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HEAVY rain is forecast over north-eastern New South Wales into Monday morning, extending to the north-west slopes and plains, before easing Monday afternoon. Locations in the north-west and New England region which may be affected include Moree, Boggabilla, Narrabri, Armidale, Tamworth and Gunnedah. Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred made landfall over the southeast Queensland coastline on Saturday [...]
Animal Welfare
THE RSPCA has announced that after three decades of communities coming together to fight animal cruelty through the Million Paws Walk, this year will be the final edition of the national event. With the help of up to 1.6 million paws – that’s 400,000 super-pooches – and more than 750,000 super-humans, the Million Paws Walk [...]
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Heavy rainfall is forecast over north-eastern New South Wales today and into Monday morning, NSW SES advises. The advice, as of 11am Sunday, said Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred is continuing to weaken as it moves further inland on Sunday. However, heavy rainfall is still possible over parts of the northern rivers, northern tablelands an mid-north coast [...]
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AS a pre-emptive step to boost recovery efforts for impacted communities, the NSW Government has appointed NSW Police Superintendent Scott Tanner as recovery co-ordinator following Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. Mr Tanner will retain his role as Richmond Police District Superintendent, allowing him to deploy the full resources of the NSW Police Force while effectively marshalling all [...]
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NSW SES volunteers are working around the clock to provide essential support to communities across northern New South Wales. During the last 24 hours there were 1117 incidents and 29 flood rescues. NSW SES received 1316 calls to 132 500 during this period. There are currently 127 warnings in place across northern New South Wales, [...]
Regional News
THE State and Federal Governments have extended disaster assistance to the Armidale, Glen Innes Severn and Tenterfield Local Government Areas as ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred’s impacts move inland. Support has been made available under the joint Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements. Assistance measures that may be provided to communities include assistance for eligible residents to help [...]
Weather Update
The NSW SES advises people in the following areas STAY INFORMED about predicted possible minor to major flooding on the Gwydir River: Gravesend and surrounds including the Horton River communities; Pallamallawa and surrounds; and Yarraman Bridge north of Moree. Residents should stay informed by monitoring warnings issued by NSW SES on their website and Facebook [...]
Women’s Week
Five of the state’s most exceptional women have been honoured as recipients of the NSW Women of the Year Awards at the International Convention Centre in Sydney on Thursday. The NSW Women of the Year Awards are the centrepiece of NSW Women’s Week from Sunday, March 2 and concludes on International Women’s Day, Saturday, March [...]
Flood Watch
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred has weakened, but widespread moderate to heavy rainfall is likely to extend well to the south of the centre of the system over parts of north-eastern NSW during today and Sunday. This is likely to cause rapid and dangerous river rises and moderate to major flooding is occurring along parts of the [...]
Cyclone Alfred
ALFRED UPDATE: Bureau of Meteorology reports Tropical Cyclone Alfred has weakened to a tropical low off the east coast and is 65km north-north-east of Brisbane and 40km south south-east of Maroochydore and is moving slowly north as at 7.30am, Saturday. Gales are no longer occurring over coastal or island locations. It is expected to move [...]
