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Wild weather and floodwaters | April 5, 2024 | Illawarra Mercury
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4/4/2024
SES Shellharbour City volunteer Nikki Ristoski explains why you shouldn't drive through floodwaters. Video by SES
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Hi I'm Nikki from Shoahaba City SES. I just want to share a quick reminder with you today
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around the dangers of driving through floodwaters. We are down here on Taylor Road in Albion
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Park which is one of the usual roads that do actually flood unfortunately when it rains
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and we are activated most of the times to a flood rescue because of vehicles driven
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through the floodwaters. The rain today has rained only a minimal amount in Albion Park
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and the drain here and the creek beside me is already at capacity so when we do get that
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heavy downfall that this water and the road will be flooded with flash flooding. What
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you don't actually see under the water when you travel through with your vehicle is any
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of the debris that's washed under that murky water, any potential damage to the road that
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has been caused by the rain and vehicles unfortunately driving through. You also can't see how fast
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that water is moving under the ground surface. Please don't risk your life and the life of
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your passengers by driving through floodwaters. Please take an alternate route and stay safely
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safe.
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