More floods evacuation orders issued as Sydney exceeds annual rainfall in just over three months
by Calla Wahlquist and Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#5XXEX)
Residents in suburbs including Woronora, Bonnet Bay and Chipping Norton, near Liverpool, told to leave as Bureau of Meteorology forecasts more heavy rain
Residents in parts of Sydney's south have been ordered to evacuate their homes on Thursday with severe storms across the eastern part of New South Wales prompted flood warnings.
State Emergency Services in NSW ordered residents in low-lying parts of Woronora and Bonnet Bay, in Sydney's south, to evacuate the area by 11:30am on Thursday, in anticipation of worsening rain and flash flooding.
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