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Video’s: Flooding of Rylstone Showground & Cudgegong River

For the second time in a year the Cudgegong River in Rylstone has flooded,  it being just less than a year since it last flooded.

Initial reports said the the Dunn Swamp Dam had burst its banks, though this was downgraded to it simply overflowing.  However this overflow, combined with extremely heavy rains over the last several days, has caused the Cudgegong River to swell and overflow, becoming a roaring torrent rather than its usual sedate self.

To show how much more rain there had been compared to the last flooding, this time the Rylstone Showgrounds also flooded, one of the ovals becoming completely submerged and resembling more of a lake than a place to play football.

Find below two videos – one of the Cudgegong River itself taken from the John Hawkins Bridge, and the other of the Rylstone Showgrounds themselves.

And of course you can click the link below to compare the above videos to the flooding we experienced in March 2021.  Who knows what will happen in March of 2023 – may be time to start investing in some sandbags.

Cudgegong River flooding in Rylstone

 

 

Cudgegong River flooding in Rylstone

After Bushfires and Pandemics, apparently it’s now time for Floods here in New South Wales in Australia.  We have had a huge amounts of rain in the last few days, causing massive floods in parts of the state.

Here in Rylstone we haven’t had terrible floods like other parts of the state, but a large amount of rain for our region nonetheless.  2 inches of rain less than a week ago, then 4 inches of rain in the last 48 hours, with far more predicted today.

Through Rylstone runs the Cudgegong River.  For years of drought this river has resembled more of a creek than a river; a small and stagnant waterway that meanders its way through the small township.

Find below a few images and a short video of what that usually small & stagnant river looks like this morning (23/03/2021).  These were taken from the It will be interesting to see what it looks like after even more rain today (Edit: Same size but faster flowing).

 

 

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