New South Wales Braces for More Floods, Lasting Damage

People look on as flood water rises over the New Windsor Bridge on The Hawkesbury River in Windsor in Sydney, Australia on March 21, 2021 . Jenny Evans/Getty Images

Major flooding along the Hawkesbury River in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) could displace residents and cause utility outages for months, authorities say.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) expects Monday to bring the worst flooding event to the area northwest of Sydney since November 1961, nearly 50 years ago.