Floods and Storms
The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) manages flood and storm emergencies. Visit the SES website for information on how to prepare and what you should do to stay safe in floods and storms.
If you need help during a flood or storm, call the SES on 132 500.
If someone’s life is at risk, call 000.
Information in community languages
Visit the SES website to find information about floods and storms in your language.
You can also watch our flood videos in community languages:
Preparing for rain: sandbags
Rainfalls have been forecast for our area in coming days. To help residents prepare, we're providing sand to five locations across the city to help residents fill their own sandbags and prepare their properties. The SES will supply bags at these locations, but we know these run out quickly.
Sand will be available at these locations while supplies last:
- Bellambi Boat Ramp Overflow carpark
- Fairy Meadow Beach carpark
- Fred Finch Park carpark, Berkeley
- Rex Jackson Oval, Walker Street, Helensburgh
- Kanahooka Park carpark, Kanahooka Rd, Dapto
You'll need to bring a shovel and your own bags. If you don't have hessian bags, 'green' supermarket bags can also be effective.
For more advice about preparing for heavy rain, visit the SES website.
Dangerous trees in storms
During a storm, if a tree is an immediate threat to people or property, emergency authorities like the SES can do work to make the tree safe.
For details see our Trees on Your Property page.
Maintaining health during and after floods and storms
NSW Health has a detailed online guide to looking after your health during and after floods and storms.
Recovering from floods and storms
The NSW SES website provides information to help people clean up after floods and storms.