Thousands of Australians in New South Wales (NSW) have been told to prepare to evacuate their home in the next 30 hours after a weather system brought torrential rain to much of Australia and forced authorities to issue flood warnings along the east coast of the country.
State Emergency Services (SES) have told the 8,000 plus residents in the town of Forbes—350 kilometres west of Sydney—that they will need to prepare to evacuate after the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) issued a moderate to major flood warning for the next two days.
