Community Information Request – Impacts from Recent Flooding

The Berry township and surrounds experienced significant flooding over the weekend of 6 to 7 April 2024, following heavy local rainfall concentrated around the Illawarra escarpment.

The flood models being developed as part of the updated Broughton Creek Flood Study are currently being calibrated to several historic flood events. This is an important part of a Flood Study to ensure that the models can accurately replicate real flood events and improve the confidence in the model results and Flood Study outputs.

Council would like to obtain any photos and/or videos that the community have for the recent April 2024 flooding within the Berry township and surrounds that show the impacts of recent flooding. The key information being sought are photos and/or videos that capture the maximum flood level reached as indicated by a debris line or water mark on infrastructure such as fences, structures, buildings and bridges etc. Other critical information includes the location of the photo and/or video and the time that it was taken, such that Council can identify the location on a map.

The community can share any photos and/or videos with Council by sending them to Floodplain.Management@shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au.

Any information provided will be considered confidential and only be used for the Broughton Creek Flood Study.