Natural disaster declarations
A Disaster Declaration is a frequently updated list of Local Government Areas (LGA) that have been impacted by a natural disaster. With a disaster declaration for their area, affected communities and individuals can access a range of special assistance measures.
Disaster declarations are issued by the NSW Government and incorporate an Australian Government reference number (AGRN).
Financial year 2022-23
AGRN | Disaster types | Name of disaster | Local Government Area | Assistance available |
| 1030 | Severe Weather and Flooding | NSW Severe Weather and Flooding from 4 August 2022 onwards | Albury | Primary producers: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Small business: Concessional loans up to $130,000 Not-for-profit/community organisations: Concessional loans up to $25,000 |
| 1025 | Severe Weather and Flooding | NSW Severe Weather and Flooding from 27 June 2022 onwards | Bayside | Primary producers: Small business: Grants up to $50,000 Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant |
Previous financial years
Financial year 2021-22
AGRN | Disaster types | Name of disaster | Local Government Area | Assistance available |
| 1027 | Storm | Wingecarribee Severe Storm - 19 April 2022 | Wingecarribee | Primary producers:
Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant Small business: Grants up to $50,000 Primary producer: Grants up to $75,000 |
| 1014 | Storm and flood | Broken Hill Severe Thunderstorm 15 March 2022 | Broken Hill | Primary producers: Small business: Not-for-profit organisations: Sporting clubs: Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant |
| 1012 | Severe weather and floods | NSW Severe Weather and Flooding from 22 February 2022 onwards | Armidale | Primary producers: Small business: Not-for-profit organisations: Sporting clubs: Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant Small business: Grants up to $50,000 Primary producer: Grants up to $75,000 |
| 1001 | Storms and Floods | Southern NSW storms and floods from 5 January 2022 onwards | Albury Berrigan Bland Shire Blayney Shire Central Darling Shire Cootamundra Gundagai Shire Edward River Federation Shire Goulburn Mulwaree Greater Hume Shire Griffith Hay Shire Hilltops Junee Shire Leeton Lockhart Shire Narrandera Snowy Valleys Shire Temora Upper Lachlan Shire Weddin | Primary producers: Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant Small business: Grants up to $50,000 Primary producer: Grants up to $50,000 |
| 996 | Storm | Lithgow severe storm and flash flooding as of 11 January | Lithgow | Primary producers: Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant Small business: Grants up to $50,000 Primary producer: Grants up to $50,000 |
| 993 | Storm | Northern Beaches severe storm as of 19 December 2021 | Northern Beaches | Primary producers: Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant Small business: Grants up to $50,000 |
| 992 | Storms and floods | NSW storms and floods from 30 July 2021 onwards | Forbes Upper Lachlan Shire | Primary producers: Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant |
| 989 | Storm and Tornado | Narrabri storm and tornado of 30 September 2021 | Narrabri | Primary producers: Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant |
| 987 | Severe weather and flooding | NSW severe weather and flooding 9 November 2021 onwards | Balranald Bathurst Bega Valley Berrigan Bland Blayney Blue Mountains Bogan Bourke Brewarrina Broken Hill Cabonne Central Darling Cobar Coonamble Cootamundra-Gundagai Cowra Dubbo Eurobodalla Federation Forbes Gilgandra Glen Innes Severn Goulburn-Mulwaree Greater Hume Gunnedah Gwydir Hilltops Inverell Kyogle Lachlan Shire Lismore Lithgow Liverpool Plains Lockhart Mid-Western Moree Plains Muswellbrook Narrabri Narromine Oberon Orange Parkes Port Macquarie Hastings Queanbeyan-Palerang Richmond Valley Shoalhaven Singleton Snowy Monaro Snowy Valleys Tamworth Tenterfield Upper Hunter Upper Lachlan Walcha Walgett Warren Warrumbungle Weddin Wentworth Yass Valley and Unincorporated Area of NSW | Primary producers: Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant Small business: Grants up to $50,000 Primary producer: Grants up to $50,000 |
| 982 | Severe weather | Severe weather event across NSW from 23 October onwards | Wollondilly | Primary producers: Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant |
| 981 | Storm and flood | NSW storms and floods from 22 August onwards | Oberon | |
| 980 | Severe weather | North East NSW severe weather from 20 October onwards | Coffs Harbour | Primary producers: Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant Small business: Grants up to $50,000 |
| 979 | Storm | Armidale storm from October 14 2021 onwards | Armidale | Primary producers: Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant |
| 975 | Storm and flood | NSW storms and floods from 16 July 2021 onwards | Glen Innes Severn Inverell | Primary producers: Sporting clubs: $2,000 grant |
Financial year 2020-21
| AGRN | Disaster types | Name of disaster | Local Government Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 976 | Storm | NSW Storms from 10 June 2021 onwards | Cabonne |
| 970 | Storm and flood | Southern NSW Storms and Floods from 5 May 2021 onwards | Bega Valley Eurobodalla Shoalhaven Wingecarribee |
| 967 | Storm | Snowy Valleys Storms from 3 February 2021 onwards | Snowy Valleys |
| 960 | Storm and flood | NSW Storms and Floods 10 March 2021 onwards | Armidale |
| 959 | Storm | Eurobodalla Storms from 26 December 2020 onwards | Eurobodalla |
| 954 | Storm and flood | NSW Storms and Floods:
| Clarence Valley Coffs Harbour Kyogle Lismore Nambucca Valley Port Macquarie-Hastings Richmond Valley |
| 948 | Storm and flood | NSW Storms and Floods: 2 January 2021 onwards | Glen Innes Severn |
| 943 | Storm and flood | NSW Storms and Floods: 10 December 2020 onwards | Armidale Ballina Bellingen Byron Clarence Valley Coffs Harbour Glen Innes Severn Gwydir Shire (extension as at 13 February 2021) Inverell Kempsey Kyogle Lismore Moree Plains Shire (extension as at 13 February 2021) Nambucca Valley Port Macquarie-Hastings Richmond Valley Tamworth Regional (extension as at 13 February 2021) Tenterfield Shire (extension as at 13 March 2021) Tweed |
| 949 | Storm | NSW Storms: 2 December 2020 onwards | Brewarrina Glen Innes Severn Warren |
| 945 | Storm | NSW Storms: 28 November 2020 onwards | Hilltops Upper Lachlan Weddin Wingecarribee |
| 936 | Storm and flood | NSW storms and floods: 20 October 2020 onwards | Armidale Bega Valley Central Coast Eurobodalla Mid-Coast Shoalhaven Snowy Valleys Tamworth |
| 938 | Storm | Central NSW Storms: 18 August 2020 | Cabonne Oberon |
| 923 | Storm and flood | NSW Storms and Floods: 5 August 2020 onwards | Bega Valley |
| 922 | Storm and flood | NSW Storms and Floods: 25 July 2020 onwards | Bega Valley Central Coast(extension as at 9 October 2020) Eurobodalla Kiama Shellharbour Shoalhaven Newcastle Wingecarribee (extension as at 9 October 2020) |
Financial year 2019-20
| AGRN | Disaster types | Name of disaster | Local Government Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 918 | Storm and flood | Western NSW Storms and Floods: 10 to 12 April 2020 | Coonamble |
| 917 | Storm and flood | Western NSW Storms and Floods: 3 to 4 April 2020 | Bogan Central Darling Cobar Gilgandra Parkes |
| 919 | Storm and flood | Cabonne Shire Storms and Floods: 25 March 2020 onwards | Cabonne |
| 916 | Flood | Western NSW Floods: 26 February 2020 onwards | Bogan Bourke Brewarrina |
| 898 | Storm and flood | NSW Storms and Floods: 15 January 2020 onwards | Armidale Ballina Bathurst Bayside Bega Valley Bellingen Blacktown Blue Mountains Burwood Byron Camden Campbelltown Canada Bay Canterbury-Bankstown Central Coast Cessnock Clarence Valley Coffs Harbour Cumberland Dungog Eurobodalla Fairfield Georges River Gilgandra Glen Innes Severn Goulburn Mulwaree Hawkesbury Hornsby Hunter's Hill Inner West Kempsey Ku-ring-gai Kyogle Lake Macquarie Lane Cove Lismore Lithgow Liverpool Liverpool Plains Lord Howe Island Maitland Mid-Coast Mid-Western Mosman Nambucca Valley Narrabri Newcastle North Sydney Northern Beaches Oberon Parkes Parramatta Penrith Port Macquarie-Hastings Port Stephens Queanbeyan-Palerang Randwick Richmond Valley Ryde Shellharbour Shoalhaven Snowy Monaro Snowy Valleys Strathfield Sutherland Sydney Tamworth Tenterfield The Hills Tweed Upper Hunter Upper Lachlan Walgett Warrumbungle Waverley Willoughby Wingecarribee Wollondilly Wollongong Woollahra |
| 878 | Storm | NSW Storms: 26 November 2019 onwards | Campbelltown Canterbury-Bankstown Hawkesbury Hornsby Ku-ring-gai Lane Cove Liverpool Northern Beaches Sutherland Willoughby |
| 881 | Storm | Sydney and Southern Highlands Storms: 5 September 2019 onwards | Campbelltown Canterbury-Bankstown Hawkesbury Hornsby The Hills Wingecarribee |
| 871 | Bushfire | NSW Bushfires: 31 August 2019 onwards | Armidale Ballina Bega Valley Bellingen Blue Mountains Byron Central Coast Cessnock Clarence Valley Coffs Harbour Cootamundra-Gundagai Dungog Eurobodalla Glen Innes Severn Goulburn Mulwaree Greater Hume Gwydir Hawkesbury Inverell Kempsey Ku-ring-gai Kyogle Lake Macquarie Lismore Lithgow Mid-Coast Mid-Western Muswellbrook Nambucca Valley Narrabri Oberon Penrith Port Macquarie-Hastings Queanbeyan-Palerang Richmond Valley Shoalhaven Singleton Snowy Monaro Snowy Valleys Sutherland Tamworth Tenterfield Tweed Upper Hunter Upper Lachlan Uralla Wagga Wagga Walcha Wingecarribee Wollondilly |
| 880 | Bushfire | NSW North Coast Bushfires: Commencing 18 July 2019 onwards | Clarence Valley Kempsey Kyogle Mid-Coast Nambucca Valley Port Macquarie-Hastings Richmond Valley |
Financial year 2018-19
| AGRN | Disaster types | Name of disaster | Local Government Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 911 | Storm and flood | Berrigan Shire Storms – 29 June 2019 onwards | Berrigan |
| 869 | Flood | NSW – Carrathool Floods: 22 April 2019 onwards | Carrathool |
| 868 | Storm and flood | Central West and Orana Storms and Floods: 29 March 2019 onwards | Gilgandra Warrumbungle |
| 864 | Bushfire | Tenterfield Bushfires: 9 March 2019 onwards | Tenterfield |
| 843 | Bushfire | Northern NSW Bushfires: 11 February 2019 onwards | Armidale Inverell Kyogle Tenterfield |
| 862 | Bushfire | Tamworth Regional and Upper Hunter Bushfires: 11 February 2019 onwards | Tamworth Upper Hunter |
| 867 | Bushfire | Singleton and Muswellbrook Bushfires: 11 February 2019 onwards | Muswellbrook Singleton |
| 861 | Storm | Eastern NSW Storms: 8 February 2019 onwards | Cumberland Hornsby Liverpool Parramatta The Hills Wollongong |
| 857 | Storm and flood | Hilltops and Cootamundra-Gundagai Storms and Floods: 5 February 2019 onwards | Cootamundra-Gundagai Hilltops |
| 856 | Storm | Parkes and Greater Hume Storms: 22 and 23 January 2019 onwards | Greater Hume Parkes |
| 860 | Bushfire | Snowy Valleys Bushfires: 17 January 2019 onwards | Snowy Valleys |
| 845 | Storm and flood | Inland New South Wales Storms and Floods: 11 January 2019 onwards | Bathurst Goulburn Mulwaree Hilltops Snowy Valleys |
| 853 | Bushfire | Parkes and Cabonne (Curembenya) Bushfire: 5 January 2019 onwards | Cabonne Parkes |
| 866 | Bushfire | Newcastle (Kooragang Island) Bushfires: 5 January 2019 onwards | Newcastle |
| 855 | Bushfire | Tamworth (Halls Creek Road) Bushfire: 3 January 2019 onwards | Tamworth |
| 851 | Bushfire | Glen Innes Severn (Highland Creek) Bushfire: 25 December 2018 onwards | Glen Innes Severn |
| 834 | Storm and flood | NSW Storms and Floods: 20 December 2018 | Armidale Ballina Bellingen Blacktown Camden Canada Bay Canterbury-Bankstown Central Coast Clarence Valley Cumberland Dubbo Dungog Fairfield Hornsby Lithgow Liverpool Mid-Coast Muswellbrook Nambucca Valley Northern Beaches Parramatta Penrith Ryde Sydney Tamworth The Hills Upper Hunter Upper Lachlan Walcha Warrumbungle Waverley Woollahra |
| 833 | Storm and flood | NSW Storms and Floods: 13 December 2018 onwards | Blacktown Cabonne Campbelltown Canterbury-Bankstown Clarence Valley Hornsby Inverell Lachlan Orange Parramatta Ryde Sutherland The Hills Wollondilly |
| 847 | Bushfire | Armidale (Melrose) Bushfire: 1 December 2018 onwards | Armidale |
| 842 | Bushfire | Port Stephens and Cessnock Bushfires: 22 November 2018 onwards | Cessnock Port Stephens |
| 841 | Bushfire | Tamworth (Rockview) Bushfire: 30 October 2018 onwards | Tamworth |
| 820 | Bushfire | Bega Valley and Eurobodalla bushfires: 15 August 2018 onwards | Bega Valley Eurobodalla |
| 819 | Bushfire | Cessnock and Port Stephens bushfires: 15 August 2018 onwards | Cessnock Port Stephens |
| 824 | Bushfire | Clarence Valley and Glen Innes Severn bushfires: 14 August 2018 onwards | Clarence Valley Glen Innes Severn |
| 823 | Bushfire | Richmond Valley, Lismore and Kyogle bushfires: 12 August 2018 onwards | Kyogle Lismore Richmond Valley |
| 818 | Bushfire | Shoalhaven bushfires: 11 August 2018 onwards | Shoalhaven |