Cloudbursts Cause Flooding Across NSW, Further Downfall Expected

State Emercency Workers at the edge of the flooded Shoalhaven River in Nowra, Australia on Aug. 10, 2020. Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

A Woolworths and local motel have been flooded and the roof of an aged care facility has partially collapsed after an intense cloudburst in central-western New South Wales.

Parkes received 31mm of rain in just 17 minutes during the Saturday afternoon downpour.