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Damaging winds and surf expected to continue across the entire NSW south coast
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ABC reporter, Romy Gilbert is on the New South Wales South Coast and says the storm peaked overnight with up to 200mm of rain.
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I'm here in Bury, as you mentioned, in the south coast of Shoalhaven, it's the northern
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part of the Shoalhaven, and here in Bury it's, I mean, a low-lying area, so while it
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does look quite dramatic, it is, this area often floods with deluge of rain, so we've
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had over 200 mils of rain here in this part of the Shoalhaven overnight, and so you can
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see just the sheer amount of water that that has collected here, but it's not a concern
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as much as a concern here in the rural fields, because there are higher grounds, but it's
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in the southern part of the Shoalhaven where similar amounts of rain, around 200 mils, has
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hit in those more residential streets, inundating homes, so as I mentioned, the storm really
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peaked overnight, we kind of expected that with, you know, up to 200 mils of rain in Ulladulla
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and Burrill Lake area, which is where those sort of emergency warnings are really placed
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at the moment, also in Sanctuary Point, where, you know, just heavy rainfall has seen flash
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flooding in areas that are connected to the sea, so the inland there in St George's Basin
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and Burrill Lake, the tidal influences there, also raising water, really inundating homes,
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so I'm yet to make my way down to that part of the coast, but after I chat with you, I
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will, and we know we'll be speaking with residents whose homes are full of water yet again, but
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as you just heard from the State Emergency Service there, these communities that are so
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resilient, it's not their first time, and, you know, dare I say, it's the last, they really
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have been so well prepared.
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We've heard from emergency services firsthand that when they arrived in these communities
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that are low-lying and have experienced this flooding, that they were helping each other,
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really getting amongst it and being prepared, you know, before the worst of it sort of happened
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overnight, so yesterday afternoon, moving cars to higher ground, and while we have woken this
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morning to the impacts of the water, the rain is sort of eased and potentially the worst
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of it last night as well, the wind was a huge concern. I know where I am right now in Bury,
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they're just up to 100 kilometres an hour, really roaring throughout the night, and likewise
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for much of the Illawarra South Coast region, residents waking to trees on roads and thousands
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of it sort of falls to the SES. Yeah, we're watching that road behind you and people driving through,
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and you heard, Romy, Dallas Burns from the SES saying it's really disappointing when they have
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to do rescues from cars. Is the road network down there operating okay?
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It is operating. We're really, you know, as the sun came up, relying on those sort of people
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sort of heading out. I mean, while the message is to, if you don't have to go out, please don't.
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For those that have had to venture out, they've been reporting on social media where trees are down.
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You know, for me personally, there was a tree down on my road early this morning,
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and, you know, within a couple of hours, it was cut up and moved off. So there are some
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incredible vigilantes and locals out, certainly to be done for it. But the message to everyone is,
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you know, of course, if you don't need to drive, please don't. And if you do, check live traffic
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to get an understanding of what roads are open and what roads are closed. That is especially
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important when it comes to flooding as well. Don't drive through floodwaters. Take a different route.
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The South Coast Road Network is absolutely impacted by this. Water is being reported. We've got countless
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roads. So, yeah, it's really just up to people to, you know, use their initiative and check live
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traffic if you do need to take to the roads today.
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