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Queensland communities

This warning applies to communities in NSW. Emergency warnings and advice are issued separately by each state. For Queensland-specific warnings and advice, visit disaster.qld.gov.au/current-warnings.

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What you need to do:

• If you have a Home/Business Emergency Plan, review it now. Otherwise, have a conversation and plan for what you will do and take with you if you need to evacuate.
• Prepare for dangerous weather by securing boats, caravans, trailers, garden sheds, outdoor furniture, rainwater tanks, gas bottles, loose material and rubbish around your home and workplace.
• Consider the consequences of road and bridge closures and water over roads and make alternate arrangements for work, children, and travel.
• Obey all signs about road closures and instructions from emergency services.
• Avoid storm drains and pipes, ditches, ravines, creeks, and rivers.
• Share this information with family, friends, and neighbours and help others prepare where possible.

Prepare your shelter

• Find the strongest and safest room to shelter in later. This will be away from big windows. It could be a bathroom, walk-in wardrobe or hallway. Sheltering at home is often the best option for your safety.
• Cover any windows in your safe room with a mattress or heavy blanket. This will protect you from broken glass if the window breaks. Shelter under them if the roof comes off.
• Put your emergency kit in your safe room.

If your home is not a safe place

• If your home is more than 40 years old or not well looked after, plan to stay with friends or family in a stronger home. Weaker buildings can break more easily in cyclone conditions.
• If you are near the beach or a coastal waterway, storm surge could cause flooding. This is dangerous. Decide now where you will evacuate to.
• Tell friends and family where you plan to shelter.

If you are a tourist, visitor, camper or caravanner

• Campers and caravanners should think about packing up now.
• Visitors who do not need to stay in the area should plan to leave.
• Leaving now is a safe option. Airports and highways could close if the cyclone gets closer.
• If you choose to stay, ask accommodation staff where to shelter if the cyclone hits.

If you have a boat or jet-ski

• Prepare early. Remove your boat, jet-ski, canoes or kayaks from the water and store securely on land if possible.
• If your boat is kept on the water, check your moorings and get ready now to relocate it to a safe mooring.
• If your boat is in a marina, check-in with the marina manager.

If you have livestock

• Consider moving livestock to higher ground. You may need to open gates to other paddocks so animals can move to safety.
• Block access to low-lying fields or other places near creeks and rivers.
• Provide lots of food and clean water in a safe place away from creeks and rivers.
• Make sure animals can be identified if they get lost.

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For more information:

• Listen to your local ABC radio station which can be found at reception.abc.net.au
• Check your local media outlets such as radio, television and printed news for information, or visit Find a Station - NSW to find a local radio station.
• Download the Hazards Near Me app and set your watch zones to get warning information for your areas.
• Follow us on social media @NSWSES or visit our website at ses.nsw.gov.au
• Learn about your risk at NSW SES Local Information
• Check the latest weather, warnings, rainfall and river heights at Bureau of Meteorology
• Check road closures at Live Traffic NSW or 132 701 or your local Council.
• For information on mental health services and support contact the Mental Health Line 1800 011 511 or visit the NSW Health website

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