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​Natural Disaster Declarations 2018 - 2019

The following Local Government Areas in NSW have been declared natural disasters.

Financial Year 

Central West and Orana Storms and Floods - 29 March 2019 onwards

  • Warrumbungle Shire
  • Gilgandra Shire

Newcastle (Kooragang Island) Fires - 5 January 2019 onwards

  • City of Newcastle

Northern NSW Bushfires - 11 February 2019 onwards

  • Armidale
  • Inverell
  • Kyogle
  • Tenterfield

Eastern NSW storms - 8 February 2019

  • City of Parramatta
  • Hornsby Shire
  • Cumberland
  • The Hills Shire
  • Liverpool City
  • Wollongong City

Hilltops and Cootamundra - Gundagai storms and floods - 5 February onwards

  • Hilltops
  • Cootamundra

Parkes and Greater Hume storms - 22 & 23 January 2019

  • Parkes Shire
  • Greater Hume Shire

Snowy Valleys Bushfires - 17 January 2019

  • Snowy Valleys

Inland NSW Storms and Floods - 11 January 2019 onwards

  • Bathurst Regional
  • Goulburn Mulwaree
  • Hilltops
  • Snowy Valleys

Parkes and Cabonne (Curembenya) Bushfire - 5 January 2019

  • Parkes Shire
  • Cabonne Shire

Tamworth (Halls Creek Road) Bushfire - 3 January 2019

  • Tamworth Regional

Glenn Innes Severn (Highland Creek) bushfire - from 25 December onwards

  • Glenn Innes Severn

NSW Storms and Floods - 20 December 2018 onwards   

  • Armidale Regional
  • Ballina Shire
  • Bellingen Shire
  • Blacktown City
  • Camden
  • Canterbury Bankstown
  • Central Coast
  • City of Canada Bay
  • City of Ryde
  • City of Sydney
  • Clarence Valley
  • Cumberland
  • Dubbo
  • Dungog
  • Fairfield City
  • Hornsby
  • Lithgow
  • Liverpool
  • Mid-Coast
  • Muswellbrook Shire
  • Nambucca Shire
  • Northern Beaches
  • Parramatta
  • Penrith City
  • Tamworth
  • The Hills
  • Upper Hunter Shire
  • Upper Lachlan Shire
  • Walcha
  • Warrumbungle
  • Waverley
  • Woollahra

NSW Storms and Floods - 13 December 2018 onwards   

  • Blacktown City
  • Cabonne
  • Campbelltown
  • Canterbury Bankstown
  • City of Ryde
  • Clarence Valley
  • Hornsby
  • Inverell Shire
  • Lachlan Shire
  • Orange City
  • Parramatta
  • Sutherland
  • The Hills
  • Wollondilly Shire

Armidale (Melrose) bushfire - 1 December 2018 onwards

  • Armidale Regional

Bega Valley and Eurobodalla Bushfires from 15 August 2018 

  • Bega Valley
  • Eurobodalla

Cessnock and Port Stephens from 15 August 2018 

  • Cessnock
  • Port Stephens

Clarence Valley and Glen Innes Severn Bushfires from 14 August 2018 onwards

  • Clarence Valley
  • Glen Innes Severn

Richmond Valley, Lismore and Kyogle fires from 12 August 2018 onwards

  • Richmond Valley
  • Lismore 
  • Kyogle 

Shoalhaven Bushfires from 11 August 2018 

  • Shoalhaven