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NSW town’s floods forecast to reach 1853 levels

March 5th, 2012

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Wagga Wagga is southern New South Wales is expected to be inundated by the highest floodwaters since 1853.

Eight-thousand residents are evacuating the central business district and Flowerdale areas as the Murrumbidgee River threatens to breach the Riverina city’s levee banks.

The Bureau of Meteorology expects the river to peak at 10.9 metres by about 9am (11am NZT) today, reaching a level last recorded in Wagga Wagga in July 1853.

That level would only be marginally below the all-time record of 10.97 metres reached in October 1844, data from Wagga Wagga City Council shows.

NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell is due to visit the city this morning, less than 12 hours after an urgent evacuation order was issued for Wagga Wagga’s CBD and surrounding areas.

The latest evacuation in Wagga Wagga amounts to the biggest emergency evacuation since heavy rains began falling last week.

O’Farrell is expected to tour flood-damaged areas of Wagga Wagga with SES Commissioner Murray Kear this morning, before fronting parliamentary question time in the afternoon, his spokesman told AAP.

State Emergency Service region controller James McTavish has told residents to leave by dawn.

“Don’t delay. This is a very serious issue and if you live in any of the areas that are subject to an evacuation you must be clear … by 6am,” he told reporters on Monday night.

Victoria town sandbagged

Meanwhile, emergency crews are working to protect homes in the northern Victorian town of Nathalia before floodwaters peak on Thursday.

Crews are trying to secure the levee in the town, which is located north of Shepparton and yet to see the worst of the once-in-a-century floods.

They are trying to protect 176 homes before floodwaters are expected to peak on Thursday at between 3.2m and 3.35m.

Up to 300,000 sandbags are being used across Victoria’s flooded northeast and several residents are likely to remain isolated for days.

The State Emergency Service (SES) says roads in Numurkah will remain under water for several days after flooding topped 1974 and 1993 levels at the weekend.

Thirty-eight residents at the Numurkah Pioneers Memorial Lodge aged care facility are isolated but have supplies to last several days, an SES spokeswoman said.

The isolated residents would likely be evacuated if supplies run out.

To the east of Numurkah, residents in Katamatite may remain isolated for several days as floodwaters slowly recede after peaking on Saturday.

Community meetings are planned for Nathalia today and Numurkah and Katamatite on Wednesday.

Nearer the border, about 18 people were evacuated to the Walwa Bush Nursing Centre about 2am (AEDT) on Monday.