NSW:Cowra bracing for worse floods

AAP General News (Australia)
12-10-2010
NSW:Cowra bracing for worse floods

SYDNEY, Dec 10 AAP - With record levels of flooding in the central western NSW town
of Cowra, the State Emergency Service is expecting even worse conditions on Friday.

Twenty families were evacuated from Cowra Shire Caravan Park on Thursday night as the
Lachlan River rose to record levels.

They are in emergency accommodation at the Cowra Civic Centre.

And a couple are in hospital in Canberra after they were plucked by helicopter from
the roof of their two-storey home at Reid Flats, south of Cowra, as water flooded into
the upper floor.

"We did have a record flow on the (Lachlan) river overnight and that's greater than
the 1952 floods so we've seen a lot of water go over there," an SES spokeswoman told AAP
on Friday.

The Lachlan is expected to peak near 12 metres late on Friday morning, and the SES
is on alert for more flooding.

"We're just waiting to see when we can get people back into their home or if the situation
will worsen," the spokeswoman said.

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KEYWORD: FLOODS NSW COWRA

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