Sydney Flood Emergency , Prompts Evacuation Order <br />for 50,000.<br />The recent flooding in the area has sparked the fourth emergency in less than a year and a half.<br />The region has experienced several days of what has been described as torrential rain.<br />Evacuation order extended from 32,000 people to 50,000 people overnight, prompting emergency declarations all over New South Wales.<br />This event is far from over. Please don’t be complacent, wherever you are. , Dominic Perrottet, New South Wales Premier, <br />via NBC News.<br />Please be careful when you’re driving on our roads. There is still substantial risk for flash flooding across our state, Dominic Perrottet, New South Wales Premier, <br />via NBC News.<br />More than 100 rescue operations have been carried out by rescue crews, mitigating death and injury.<br />The crews were recognized for their service by New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet.<br />I want to thank those men and women who were on those crews last night for the heroic work <br />they did in incredibly <br />treacherous conditions, Dominic Perrottet, New South Wales Premier, <br />via NBC News.<br />Meteorologists were cautiously optimistic in their weather assessments for the immediate future.<br />The good news is that by tomorrow afternoon, it is looking to be mostly dry ... , Jonathan How, Bureau of Meteorology, <br />via NBC News.<br />... but, of course, we are reminding people that these floodwaters will remain very high well after the rain has stopped, Jonathan How, Bureau of Meteorology, <br />via NBC News.<br />Floodwaters are not expected to recede for several days.<br />There was plenty of rainfall overnight and that is actually seeing some rivers peak for a second time. , Jonathan How, Bureau of Meteorology, <br />via NBC News.<br />So you’ve got to take many days, if not a week, to start to see these floodwaters start to recede, Jonathan How, Bureau of Meteorology, <br />via NBC News
