The population has been evacuated and its population has joined the other 85,000 people across the state affected by the 108 evacuation orders and 56 warnings.
NSW Prime Minister Dominic Perrottet warned on Wednesday that the event was far from over.
“A lot of people are tired,” he said. “There is a lot of anguish and despair. But our commitment at the state level and being here today with the Commonwealth government is that we will be with you every step of the way. “
Perrottet said Wednesday that additional interstate resources arrived to help the SES.
NSW SES Commissioner Carlene York said that even if conditions eased, the water would take several days to start receding.
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Commonwealth and state funding for those affected by the floods will be available on Thursday. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said 250 ADF staff members would be available as of Thursday, in addition to the 100 who already have a role.
Authorities remain concerned about areas around the Hunter and Mid North Coast regions, which experienced the heaviest rains on Wednesday. But Weatherzone meteorologist Yoska Hernandez said the low-pressure system will move offshore overnight, with showers that will last for a few days before drier conditions and strong winds predominate.
He added that rain conditions could return over the weekend, but it would be light rain instead of the heavy rains that have shattered the state this week.
Many areas around Sydney, the Illawarra and Hunter regions have exceeded their monthly average rainfall. They include Cessnock, which has so far received 228 mm, well above its July average of 29 mm in July; Camden, who has received 232mm in the last five days, 197mm more than his monthly average; and Kiama, which has received 326 mm more than its monthly average.
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But Darkes Glenbernie Orchard in Illawarra has recorded almost 730 mm of rainfall in the last six days, significantly higher than the average annual rainfall in London or Copenhagen.
Owner Jo-Anne Fahey said most of her fruit trees were covered in water and she was worried about how much she could recover.
It is the last thing your business needs, as it depends heavily on tourists picking their own fruit or buying it directly from their store. The property, which has been part of her husband’s family since 1939, has suffered storms before, but nothing like that.
“This is the most intense rain event in our living memory,” he said. “We’ve had wet years, but nothing as intense as this in a big hit. Everyone hopes to get one, but then it disappears for a while and we can deal with the damage. But we had just started to get ahead of the work that we had left after the last rain and we started doing repairs. Now we go back to the first part “.