How a 'Day of Hell' Unfolded During Fatal 'Inland Tsunami'

How a 'day of hell' unfolded during fatal 'inland tsunami'

A Eugowra resident tells an inquest into deadly flooding how she put her six-day-old granddaughter in a roof cavity after a wave of water hit the Central West town, killing two people.

'Terrifying': Woman tells how she saved daughter, newborn from flash flood

An enormous flash flood razed much of the village of Eugowra, in central western NSW, on the morning of Nov...

'Inland tsunami': Grandmother tells inquest of harrowing rooftop escape with baby

Heroic grandmother saves daughter and newborn from Eugowra's catastrophic flood chaos in daring escape.

‘Terrifying’: how mum and newborn survived flash flood

A woman has described desperately lifting her daughter and six-day-old granddaughter into a roof cavity to escape a roaring “inland tsunami” that suddenly engulfed their rural home. An enormous flash flood razed much of the village of Eugowra, in central western NSW, on the morning of November 14, 2022, killing two locals, 60-year-old Diane Smith and 85-year-old Ljubisa “Les” Vugec. An inquest is examining the circumstances of their deaths, alon…

'Terrifying': how mum and newborn survived flash flood

A ferocious flash flood that wiped out a rural town was a swirling "inland tsunami" that came over tops of trees and filled the sky, an inquest has been told.