Goulburn floods - prepares for evacuation ...
Excerpt from ABC News:
Goulburn residents urged to ready for evacuation
26 June 2007
After years of drought in Goulburn in the New South Wales south-east, the State Emergency Service (SES) is warning people living in the suburb of Eastgrove to be ready for possible evacuation tonight due to flooding.
The Mulwaree River is continuing to rise and the Goulburn golf course, the Park Road playing fields and adjoining areas are underwater.The SES Southern Highlands region controller, Tony Casey, says people living in Eastgrove should be on alert and check on their neighbours.
"Residents, particularly residents of Eastgrove, should take precautions about getting themselves ready should the need to evacuated become apparent later on tonight," he said.
"They should gather important personal documents and mementos to take with them should they should the need to evacuate be required, and any special medicine they may require."
"But most importantly listen to local radio stations for further information."
Wasn't it never going to rain again ...
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Excerpt from ABC News:
From dry to wet in Goulburn
27 June 2007
There has been flooding and snow in the Goulburn district of New South Wales.
Police are assessing more than 12 local roads which were closed yesterday when creeks rose.
A duty officer with the Goulburn State Emergency Service, Lee Brown, says crews are also checking road conditions after snow early this morning.
"The unit at Captain's Flat said very heavy falls of snow in their area and across to Bungendore and apparently between them and the ACT," he said.
Goulburn's Sooley Dam is now full and has flowed over the top of the new wall, providing some breathing space for the city's critical water shortage.
Goulburn Mayor Paul Stephenson says the recent rainfall has had a big impact on the city's water supply.
Goulburn has been on level five water restrictions for several years and was recently predicted to have less than a year's water supply left.
But the city's weather station has recorded 76 millimetres of rainfall in the past week, with more rain predicted.
Councillor Stephenson says the rainfall has had a big impact on at least one of Goulburn's dams.
"Sooley Dam, which is the smaller of our two dams, I think it overflowed over the top of the new wall, so that gives us a tremendous amount of breathing space, but we don't [know] about the inflows into Pejar at this stage," he said.
1:26 PM, June 27, 2007
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