Minor flood warning for Bellinger River ahead of deepening rain event

A trough near the Queensland coast is expected to continue to deepen over the next few days, forming a low pressure system off the Queensland coast late on Sunday or Monday.

Depending on the movement and strength of this low as it tracks south, it has the potential to bring increased rainfall and strong winds to parts of New South Wales, particularly the northern coast, during the first half of the week, the Bureau of Meteorology predicts.

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Heavy rainfall has the potential to cause minor flooding in parts of the Northern Rivers and Bellinger River.

The catchments likely to be impacted are saturated from recent rainfall, which increases the risk of flooding, a warning from the State Emergency Services (SES) said.

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River rises are expected in the flood watch catchments in response to the forecast rain and minor flooding may develop in parts of the Northern Rivers and Bellinger River from late Monday into Tuesday.

Localised flooding and disruption to some transport routes are possible.

As a result of the intense rain system that flooded the Mid North Coast two weeks ago, there are six major landslips identified that spread from Myers Bluff (east of Thora) to Sherrard Falls in the Bellinger Valley.

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