NSW’de sel felaketi: Binlerce evin daha zarar görmesi endişesi, Warragamba Barajı çok büyük miktarda su taşırıyor

Felaket boyutundaki yağışlar sonucu Warragamba Barajı’ndan her gün Sydney Limanı’nı doldurmaya yetecek kadar su taşıyor, önümüzdeki 2 günde binlerce evin daha sular altında kalmasından endişe ediliyor.

Sydney’in en büyük barajı, aşırı yağışlar sonucu taşıyor, yaygın şekilde sele yol açıyor, yollar kapanıyor ve düşük kesimlerdeki kasabalar su altında kalıyor.

Barajdan son 30 yıl içerisindeki en büyük su taşma olayı söz konusu.

Sydney’in güneybatısındaki barajdan Nepean-Hawkesbury Nehir havzasına taşan su, şu an 1961 felaketinden daha kötü bir afete yol açma yolunda ilerliyor.

Warragamba Barajı’nın inşasından hemen sonra 1961 Kasım ayında meydana gelen felakette Hawkesbury Nehri, Windsor’da normal yüksekliğinin 14,5 metre üzerine yükselmişti.

Avrupalıların yerleşmesinden bu yana en büyük sel ise 1867 Haziran ayında yaşandı, nehir normal yüksekliğinin 19 metre üzerine çıktı.

Sel uzmanı Jamie Pittock, en çok Penrith, Richmond ve Windsor konusunda endişeli olduğunu, barajın Cumartesi günü tam kapasitesine ulaştığını belirtti.

EVACUATION ORDERS

-Western Part Of Jamisontown

-Western parts of Penrith

-Northern end of Mulgoa

-Hawkesbury River at Northern end of low lying areas of Agnes Banks

-Hawkesbury River low lying areas of Freemans Reach

– Hawkesbury River at Grono’s Point

– Hawkesbury River at Pitt Town Bottoms

– Low lying parts of North Richmond

– Low lying areas of Central Wingham

– Taree Estate, Dumaresq Island and Cundletown

– Low lying areas of Laurieton and North Haven and Dunbogan

– Low lying properties of Bulahdelah

– Low lying properties in Kings Point and Macksville CBD

– Low lying areas of Wauchope and Rawdon Island

– Low lying properties in Kempsey CBD

– Low lying properties on the Lower Macleay

– Low lying properties in Port Macquarie

SCHOOLS CLOSED

The following schools will be non-operational on Monday due to localised flooding:

• Barrington Public School
• Beechwood Public School
• Bellbrook Public School
• Bellingen High School
• Bobin Public School
• Booral Public School
• Brewongle Environmental Education Centre
• Bungwahl Public School
• Camden Haven High School
• Carool Public School
• Cattai Public School
• Chatham High School
• Chatham Public School
• Chester Hill High School
• Colo Heights Public School
• Colo High School
• Comboyne Public School
• Congewai Public School
• Coolongolook Public School
• Coopernook Public School
• Crescent Head Public School
• Cundletown Public School
• Dungog Public School
• Elands Public School
• Eungai Public School
• Frederickton Public School
• Gladstone Public School
• Glenbrook Public School
• Glenvale SSP (North Entrance Campus)
• Glossodia Public School
• Green Hill Public School
• Hannam Vale Public School
• Hastings Public School
• Harrington Public School
• Hawkesbury High School
• Herrons Creek Public School
• Hinton Public School
• Hopetown Public School
• Jiliby Public School
• John’s River Public School
• Kempsey East Public School
• Kempsey High School
• Kempsey West Public School
• Kendell Public School
• Kinchela Public School
• Krambach Public School
• Kurrambee School
• Laguna Public School
• Lake Cathue Public School
• Lansdowne Public School
• Laurieton Public School
• Lisarow High School
• Lisarow Public School
• Long Flat Public School
• Longneck Lagoon Environmental Education Centre
• MacDonald Valley Public School
• Manning Gardens Public School
• Medlow Public School
• Megalong Valley Public School
• Melville High School
• Millers Forrest Public School
• Mitchells Island Public School
• Moorland Public School
• Mount George Public School
• Mount Kanwary Public School
• Nabiac Public School
• Nambucca Heads High School
• Narara Valley High School
• North Haven Public School
• Old Bar Public School
• Orama Public School
• Pacific Palms Public School
• Penrith Valley Learning Centre
• Pitt Town Public School
• Port Macquarie Public School
• Rolland Plains Upper Public School
• South West Rocks Public School
• Smithtown Public School
• Taree High School
• Taree Public School
• Taree West Public School
• Telegraph Point Public School
• Tinonee Public School
• The Pocket Public School
• Upper Lansdown Public School
• Wauchope High School
• Westport Public School
• Willawarrin Public School
• Windsor High School
• Wingham Brush Public School
• Wingham High School
• Wingham Public School
• Wooli Public School
• Wyong Creek Public School