SYDNEY, Aug 3 (NNN-AAP) – An emergency search is underway for a woman, who was swept away in floodwater, north of Sydney.
Police in the state of New South Wales (NSW), said today that, the woman, believed to be in her 20s, was one of the two people in a car that became stuck, while attempting to drive through floodwater, near the town of Rothbury, 130 km north of Sydney, at around 7:50 p.m. local time, yesterday.
Both occupants were attempting to exit the vehicle when the female passenger was swept away. The driver, a second woman aged 27, was uninjured.
An emergency search commenced but was suspended overnight before resuming this morning.
During the initial search last night, crews from the NSW State Emergency Service (SES) located a 40-year-old man, stuck in a nearby tree after he also became trapped in floodwater.
The man was swept from the tree but was eventually rescued and taken to hospital for assessment.
The NSW SES responded to over 1,400 calls for assistance, amid heavy rain, wind and snow, that hit the Hunter, Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast regions north of Sydney yesterday.
In a severe weather warning, issued at 10:30 a.m. today, the Bureau of Meteorology said that, damaging winds were expected to ease by early afternoon.– NNN-AAP
