NSW:Wagga residents allowed home

AAP General News (Australia)
12-10-2010
NSW:Wagga residents allowed home

SYDNEY, Dec 10 AAP - Evacuated residents in flood-ravaged Wagga Wagga have been given
the all-clear to return home.

The State Emergency Service (SES) said at 1pm (AEDT) on Friday it was safe for residents
to go back to their properties.

About 50 residents in east Wagga and nearby Gumly Gumly were allowed back on Thursday.

"Hopefully the rest of the city is now returning to their homes and getting on top
of things," an SES spokeswoman told AAP.

About 650 people were evacuated at the weekend after storms and heavy rain lashed the
region, west of Canberra, causing flash flooding and closing roads.

The SES said the Murrumbidgee River will peak on Friday at nine metres - not enough
to cause "significant impacts" at Wagga Wagga.

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KEYWORD: NSW FLOODS WAGGA UPDATE

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