{"id":269651,"date":"2025-08-20T14:13:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T04:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=269651"},"modified":"2025-08-20T14:13:43","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T04:13:43","slug":"significant-and-intense-rainfall-to-drench-sydney-and-east-coast-of-nsw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=269651","title":{"rendered":"‘Significant and intense’ rainfall to drench Sydney and east coast of NSW"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Millions of residents across large parts of NSW including Sydney have been warned\ufeff to brace for “significant and intense” rainfall over the next three days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The SES has urged the community to stay aware and heed advice as an unpredictable and complex weather system threatens to unleash flooding across the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flood watches and warnings are in place up and down the NSW coast as a rainbomb lingers over most of the\ufeff state, with a warning of thunderstorms and high winds in many parts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lingering showers could persist on Saturday however the bureau expects the high pressure system will start to move out to sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bernasconi said most of the rain will come in the afternoon and evenings.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Greater Sydney and the CBD is also forecast to be battered by more rain over the next three days.\ufeff (Bureau of Meteorology)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

SES deputy commissioner Deb Platz said residents who have already weathered several major flood events this year should not be complacent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SES deputy commissioner Deb Platz said residents who have already weathered several major flood events this year should not be complacent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":269652,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,3813,2695],"tags":[5026,2139],"class_list":["post-269651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-severe-weather","category-sydney-trains","tag-nsw","tag-sydney"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t