NSW floods: thousands prepare to evacuate as Lachlan River threatens Forbes
by Australian Associated Press from on (#5RXE5)
SES responds to 320 calls for help after wild weather causes havoc in Sydney, Blue Mountains and Wagga, with major flood warnings in place for NSW central west
Thousands of people in the New South Wales central west have been warned to prepare to evacuate as the Lachlan River threatens to flood after heavy rain lashed the state.
More than 8,000 people in the town of Forbes are in the path of the river, which is rising upstream.
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