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It's Storm Season Are you ready? IT’S STORM SEASON Above: In both storms and floods, items not secured can end up as flying and floating debris. Plan ahead to act on time It’s officially storm season, where of 31 March 2017 – the largest seen in many pets to limit your damages and losses in the event electrical thunderstorms can roll through locations across Tweed Shire. It’s timely to of a storm or flood hitting your area. Talk your plan We want to be a resilient and ready with wind, thunder, lightning and even hail remember that this flood occurred from a through with your family and then put it on paper. community. We want to make sure on any given day. While the wettest of the relatively short storm event and a far greater And don’t forget to identify dry places where you that new residents understand the season normally comes after the New Year, flood is possible. can store belongings and clean up your yard, reality of living here. it can come anytime from October to May. The best safeguard against flood and storm is making sure that any item that can be thrown It’s more than eight months since the flood preparation. Plan now for you, your family and your around in a storm is put away or tied down. – Tumbulgum EMERGENCY CONTACTS Identify your flood trigger As a ‘rule of thumb’ for most of So, what’s your flood trigger to: During the March 2017 flood the Tweed Shire, if 300mm of rain • lift your property from any emergency, it was clear many residents falls within 24 hours you should under-storey? had little understanding of how floods expect significant flooding. • move your vehicle? unfold in the shire or, even how they Remember, short bursts of much • pick the kids up from school? unfold in their neighbourhood. less rain can cause flash flooding, • evacuate/leave? New residents were more Police – Fire – Ambulance 000 particularly in the Hinterland and Different communities will vulnerable due to their lack of local www.police.nsw.gov.au low-lying residential areas of Tweed have different flood triggers. knowledge and flood experience. www.fire.nsw.gov.au Heads. Also, if you live in the lower- Even different people in the Remember, every flood is www.ambulance.nsw.gov.au lying areas of Tweed Heads, Chinderah same community may have different so you cannot rely solely and the Coastal Villages, it’s important different flood triggers depending on past experience. State Emergency Services 132 500 to understand that the worst flood will on their age, mobility, health, To identify your flood triggers, Flood – storm – emergency come when there is significant rain whether they have young children, check out the examples below to coupled with an ocean storm surge or the reliability of their vehicle and see if they might be relevant to www.ses.nsw.gov.au king tide. ther factors. your situation. Bureau of Meteorology NSW road information Flood trigger Action www.bom.gov.au/nsw/forecasts www.livetraffic.com.au /northernrivers.shtml Move possessions from under storey or ground floor BoM releases a Moderate Flood Warning for Murwillumbah Local road information to upper floor ABC Radio www.myroadinfo.com.au www.abc.net.au When Tumbulgum Gauge reaches 1.8m AHD and it’s still raining Move vehicle to high ground North Coast FM 94.5 Tweed Shire Council P 1300 659 994 P (02) 6670 2400 When it’s been wet for days and 300mm is predicted tomorrow in Move possessions from under storey or ground floor P 1800 818 326 (after hours) Gold Coast FM 91.7 the upper catchment to upper floor or raise stock P 1300 903 917 When Moderate Flooding is predictedEXAMPLE for Chinderah LeaveONLY and stay with a friend or relative If it’s flooded, FORGET IT. When Major Flooding is predicted for Murwillumbah Evacuate to a designated evacuation centre Living and Loving the Tweed Caught off guard in March 2017 Cyclone Debbie crossed the Queensland were caught off guard, including Council. Six on the coast was moderate and there was Coast north of Mackay as a Category 4 people lost their lives, hundreds were rendered no significant ocean storm surge or king tide system on 28 March 2017. Two days later homeless and thousands suffered significant coinciding with the flood peak, therefore Make your plan after weakening to a tropical low and property damage and loss. Tweed Heads and Chinderah were not as 1. Know where to go turning south, it brought heavy rain to severely affected as upstream areas. • a high and dry evacuation point close by that you northern New South Wales. In the weeks This was such a swiftly The Rous River catchment received some can get to quickly before, the Tweed had rain that caused changing flood – looking outside of the heaviest rainfall. Flood water heights • a friend or relative outside the area ‘below minor’ flooding, which meant the at what was actually happening in the lower Rous reached record levels with ground was already soaked and could not 7.5m AHD at Boat Harbour and 5.3m AHD 2. Know your risk absorb much of the additional rainfall. was necessary. We had to make at Kynnumboon. • look for the natural warning signs The rapid rise of the flood was notable, as our own decisions. – Cudgen Outside of the Tweed Valley, there was • where past floods have come to on your property. was the final peak from the last burst of rain. widespread flooding in the Burringbar, Mooball Mark them for quick reference Within two hours on Thursday 30 March, the The highest water levels since river and Crabbes Creek areas after heavy rain. • how long your neighbourhood and/or property was Bureau of Meteorology warnings went from gauging began more than 100 years ago The heaviest rain recorded in the Tweed in isolated for in the biggest flood ‘minor to moderate’ flooding to ‘minor to major’ were recorded on the Tweed River at 24 hours fell at Couchy Creek, 747mm; • your local roads; what goes under water and when flooding, then three hours later ‘moderate to Murwillumbah (6.3m Australian Height Datum) Numinbah, 674mm; Chillingham, 663mm; • can you protect your property with sandbags major’ flooding. Many residents and businesses and Tumbulgum (4.0m AHD). Luckily, rainfall and, Eungella, 638mm. 3. Know who to call Tweed Heads • friend or family City of Gold Coat • local SES Fingal • 000 in a life-threatening situation Banora Point Scenic Bilambil 4. Know your plan Rim Regional Lower Tweed River All residents need to have a Home Emergency Terranora Kingscliff Plan. A template to guide you can be found on the State Emergency Service website at Rous River Tumbulgum www.seshomeemergencyplan.com.au. Also: • talk with your neighbours, especially the long-term Chillingham Condong locals, for local knowledge of your area Murwillumbah • know when you need to leave to pick up children Cabarita Beach from school and what routes you need to take Tweed stormwater catchments • know where to find out where the local evacuation Tyalgum Oxley River Eungella Hastings Point centre is located Coastal creeks Rous River catchment • download these apps to your mobile device: Pottsville Oxley River catchment – www.bom.gov.au/app/ – m.tweed.nsw.gov.au Uki Upper Tweed River catchment – myroadinfo app Burringbar Lower Tweed River catchment – http://m.livetraffic.rta.nsw.gov.au Mooball Coastal creeks catchment Upper Tweed River 5. Get your kit together Waterways At all times have: Kunghur Kyogle Tweed Shire boundary Shire • a battery-powered radio tuned to ABC North Coast Doon Doon Surrounding LGAs FM 94.5 (your emergency channel) • a battery-powered torch Byron Shire 0 2 4 Km N Lismore City • spare batteries • containers for drinking water Above: The catchments of Tweed Shire. • candles and waterproof matches • a first aid kit • a waterproof bag for valuables Nature’s signals are the first warnings If you are likely to be safe at home but cut off for days: • food for several days As we are now in storm season, it’s a moving to higher ground; rising creeks • medications … we need to be masters good idea to understand what warnings and rivers. If your home is likely to be flooded and you need to leave: of our own destiny. If you you will get of a flood. Then, there are official warnings. The • cash (ATMs go down) aren’t on one of the seven The first warnings of a flood you should Bureau of Meteorology issues flood warnings • important documents, including insurance policy, hills you are in a floodplain. look for are the natural warning signs. These and flood watches, severe thunderstorm contact numbers/photos signs would include rain for many hours; warnings and severe weather warnings, while • medications/scripts – Murwillumbah pooling and ponding water; rushing roadside NSW SES issues flood bulletins, evacuation • shoes/clothes gutters; dry watercourses running; livestock warnings and evacuation orders. The scope of the BoM’s agreed flood- 6. Check your insurance warning service does not include warnings The insurance industry in Australia defines flooding as: Historical river heights for local overland and/or rapid onset creek The covering of normally dry land by water that has There are a number of river gauges throughout Tweed Shire which measure the flooding. This is particularly relevant for the escaped or been released from the normal confines of: depth of the rivers at all times. Since records began, maximum heights of the Tweed Shire, given the multitude of creeks • any lake, or any river, creek or other natural rivers at gauge locations are: that run down its valleys.
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