Man drowns in Sydney's inner west as thousands evacuated

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Multiple evacuation warnings affecting thousands of residents are currently in place in Sydney. 9News

Emergency services were called to the Parramatta River, off Abbotsford Parade in Abbotsford, just after 2.45pm, after the man was seen struggling in the water.Flooding in the Camden area of Sydney."Police are conducting inquiries to identify the man and will prepare a report for the Coroner," NSW Police, said.

The city is being hit by wild weather, with severe weather warnings in place for Metropolitan, Illawarra and parts of Hunter, Central Tablelands and Southern Tablelands forecast districts.Multiple evacuation warnings affecting thousands of residents are in place in Sydney. The heavy rain is expected to extend beyond the Illawarra and far northern parts of the South Coast to the broader Sydney area, including the Blue Mountains.A months worth of rain is expected to fall in just days.Trains and ferry services have already been impacted by the downpours and the weather has contributed to travel chaos at Sydney Airport as school holidays kick off.

 

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Talk about double standards. Where's albo when it comes to disasters. As he and the public were quick to attack the previous Prime Minister when he wasn't around

Why would you come home and do real work, when you can be OS having a ball, oh that's right and we PAY for it. Or as any Poly believes - it's free!

What & when is ALBOS, LABOR/GREEN going to deal with FLOODS than gallivanting around the WORLD.

So why isn’t Airbus Albo racing back to Australia during this crisis? Like what they expected Morrison to do?

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