NSW residents urged to be vigilant for floods
The rain might have eased off, but the effects of this week's big downpour are still being felt in and around Sydney. Emergency crews are working to get damaged and flooded roads open again with some communities still cut-off. But some residents have started to return home.
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00:00 Look closely beneath these floodwaters and you'll find several sporting fields.
00:07 But no one's playing on these grounds in Richmond this Saturday, just the ducks.
00:12 I'm surprised to see this so flooded. It's amazing. And I just feel sorry for people
00:19 and livestock.
00:20 We haven't had as much, say, wet weather as what we might think is a major incident, but
00:25 the fact of the matter is our dams are full, our waterways are full, our grounds are saturated.
00:30 Warragamba Dam is still spilling, but there's some welcome news for those living downstream.
00:36 Warragamba Dam peaked overnight. We are still receiving good inflows into the catchment.
00:43 Those inflows are declining though.
00:47 Over the past day, SES crews have responded to almost 300 calls for help across the state.
00:53 At Wiseman's Ferry, cable ferry services have been cancelled, cutting residents off from
00:58 their main route in and out.
01:01 Water levels are expected to recede over the next few days here at Wiseman's Ferry, but
01:06 SES crews say they will remain here over the long weekend to ensure all residents can access
01:11 support should they need it.
01:14 We've got crews on the water and crews based in local community centres.
01:19 A day after copping the worst drenching in the state, the Illawarra and South Coast are
01:24 now in clean-up mode. Several roads are still closed, including this one where a sinkhole
01:30 has opened up.
01:31 Obviously we've had potholes before, but to see it just absolutely sink away, and this
01:36 is a bridge that we've been relying on as an access point, so it's absolutely terrifying.
01:41 Although it's not all bad news for those on the road this long weekend.
01:46 Where else would you get water views in a car park?
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