Severe East Coast Low

We were warned another east coast low weather system was on the cards and would probably be more intense for the south coast of NSW than the previous one.

So arrive it did on the Saturday night with some heavy rain showers.
However on Sunday through Monday the heavens opened up with non stop torrential rain accompanied by gale force winds.

Our creek rose quickly and virtually all our bottom paddock was flooded by fast running water.
Monday saw the wind reach gusts of 113km/hr from the south west.

Total rainfall for the three days was 350mm.
Thank goodness the fire affected trees were gone! The house could have been in a little bit of danger.
As it was three very old large cypress pines were ripped out of the ground in the back and front lawns. It seems like July is the tree clearing month here.

Then to cap things all off we had a power outage which lasted 8 hours.
So with no power there is not a lot to do.
Thankfully our mobiles and landline were working, the former for only part of the time however, so we could keep up to date with the electricity company’s progress with repairs. Their original estimate was 3 hours.

But it turned out 14500 other homes were also without power so the outage was across the whole region. Some are still out.
Other than that we settled down with our books in front of the fire and rode out the storm.
I managed to get access to some parts of the property late today to check for damage.
The creek is slowly retreating to its normal watercourse.
There are a few trees down over fences, lots of flood debris piled up against fences. And sadly, there is a cow missing. Hopefully she just wandered off somewhere and didn’t drown.
Will check with the neighbours to see if they have her.
Fire, disease and floods seem to be the way things are so far in 2020.
What’s next?
Update: 29th July
Cow found. Hiding in the bush and a little bit spooked. Home with her friends now.