New Year To Start with Weather Warnings in Australia

People view the flooded Windsor Bridge along the Hawkesbury River in the suburb of Windsor in Sydney, Australia, on July 4, 2022. Jenny Evans/Getty Images

Some residents across four Australian states will spend the final day of the year on high alert, with heavy rainfall tipped to create dangerous flood conditions.

Residents of low-lying areas of Menindee in far west New South Wales (NSW) near Broken Hill were urged to evacuate on Friday ahead of a flood peak expected to be higher than the previous 1976 record level.