JOINT STATEMENT WITH MOREE PLAINS SHIRE COUNCIL, MAYOR, COUNCILLOR MARK JOHNSON
With well in excess of 100mm of rain falling overnight (and more to come) right across the Moree district and wider region, everyone must be on high alert right now for a major flood event over the coming days.
While we await formal advice and direction from the NSW SES and Bureau of Meteorology regarding river peaks, from the data that is available it’s clear that the Moree township will be inundated sometime over the weekend.
In response to this, an Emergency Operations Centre has been stood up at the Moree Plains Shire Council works depot in Tycannah Street, to help co-ordinate the flood response.
There has been NO evacuation order issued yet, but it is our strong advice that if your property was inundated in previous Moree floods (2011, 2012 and 2021) then you should be preparing your family and your property right now.
We’ll provide you with a further update once more definitive information and direction from the SES is to hand.
Until then, look out for one another and stay safe.