Emergency Management

 

Residents in the Dungog shire are advised to be on alert for potential flooding this weekend and into next week.

The current alert level is ADVICE: STAY INFORMED, meaning:

- an incident has started. Stay up to date in case the situation changes.

For more information, please visit:

SES website: https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/

Bureau of Meteorology: http://www.bom.gov.au/

ABC Newcastle Facebook page: ABC Newcastle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Following the increased flood events this year and the predicted La Niña season ahead, the NSW SES has adopted the Australian Warning System for flood and tsunami warnings.

 

There are three levels within the AWS - Advice, Watch & Act and Emergency Warning. For each level, there are a series of clear action statements to guide positive action by the community. These include ‘stay informed’, ‘prepare to evacuate’ and ‘move to higher ground’ as shown below:

Advice - an incident has started. Stay up to date in case the situation changes.

Watch and Act - conditions are changing and you need to start taking action now to protect you and your family.

Emergency Warning - the highest level of warning. You may be in danger and need to take action immediately.

Read more about the changes

: https://www.ses.nsw.gov.au/about-us/our-warnings/