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March 1st, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Several hundred residents of Goulburn have been told to evacuate as a rain-swollen river continues to rise rapidly.
SES spokesman Phil Campbell spokesman said residents in low-lying areas around Eastgrove, a suburb east of Goulburn, have been told to relocate to the Soldiers Club in Goulburn on higher ground.
“The Mulwaree River is rising fairly quickly at the moment and as a consequence we are asking those people to relocate to the evacuation centre,” he told AAP.
Another 500 people from Cooma, at the foot of the Snowy Mountains, have been ordered to leave 370 homes and businesses.
An evacuation warning has also been issued for parts of Queanbeyan.
“We’ve got 75 per cent of NSW in either in flood or potentially impacted by flood,” NSW SES spokesman Steven Pearce said.
“It’s an enormous area… (and) we’re still expecting a large deluge of rain.”
The Sydney Catchment Authority (SCA) is preparing for inflows into Warragamba Dam – currently at 92.7 per cent – as it gets set to spill for the first time in 14 years.
The dam’s gates were tested on Thursday morning, with the spill predicted to happen between 8pm and 10pm (AEDT).
It will swamp large areas of land and farmers have been told to move stock to higher ground, while about 30 caravan parks have been told to prepare to evacuate.
People have also been told to prepare to leave 10 properties downstream from Jerrara Dam, near Kiama on the south coast.
The SES has responded to 800 calls for help since a heavy, slow-moving rain band started moving across the state on Monday.
On Wednesday afternoon, the SES rescued two people from the roof of their house south of Cowra, while two adults and two children were rescued from the roof of a vehicle in Koorawatha in the central west after they were stranded in floodwaters.
Federal Minister for Emergency Management Robert McClelland has urged people to steer clear of floodwaters and listen to the warnings.
“Remember that if you put yourself at risk, you are also putting at risk the lives and safety of the brave and dedicated first respondents who will try to rescue you,” he said in a statement.
A severe weather warning remains in place for much of the state, with the Bureau of Meteorology predicting the heaviest falls will be on the NSW south coast on Thursday afternoon through to the evening.
Between 70 and 200mm of rain is expected to lash much of the state until Saturday, as a flood watch remains in place for several rivers.
Up to 100mm of rain is forecast for the Nepean-Hawkesbury valley in the coming days, and the SES predicts the deluge will close the Windsor and North Richmond bridges by Thursday evening or Friday, isolating low-lying areas.
Residents in Sydney’s west are being urged to reconsider leaving their homes for work or school on Friday morning, with low-lying roads expected to become inundated.
“Because of those rises, low-lying roads in western Sydney are likely to be covered so it will be harder for people to get to work and kids to get to school,” said SES spokesman Phil Campbell.
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