On Thursday Griffith was battered with almost 50mm of rain, with 54.8mm measured at Griffith Regional Airport to 9am on Friday according to the Bureau of Meteorology's weather observations.

The storms have caused significant flooding across a number of local and rural roads, with Council urging residents to stay safe and minimise internal water usage.

"Due to excess water from the storm, Council's Sewer Systems are under immense pressure. Residents are asked to minimise internal water usage over the next 24 hours to allow the system to clear and return to normal operating conditions," a statement from Council read on Thursday afternoon.

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Griffith Regional Airport Terminal was flooded so badly it was forced to shut with the roads around the Golf Course and Dalton Park rendered inaccessible.

Following the storm the Golf Club and Course will remain closed until January 12^th to clean up the grounds. The Area News attempted to contact the Golf Club for comment but the lines seem to have been disconnected in the wake of the storm.

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The Griffith SES Unit has also received approximately 80 calls for assistance from community members in need at the time of publishing but that number is expected to grow.

Unit member Erin Sinclair said that internal flooding into homes comprised a majority of the calls for assistance.

"When people have gutters full of leaves and there is heavy rain the water has nowhere to go so it goes to the eaves of the house, inside the roof and then comes down from the ceilings," Mrs Sinclair said.

The hail from the storm caused some roof and skylight damage whilst sandbags were deployed at a number of properties to prevent floodwater with nowhere to go from entering homes.

According to Mrs Sinclair, a parked car with (thankfully) no occupants was picked up and carried away by the floodwater in Griffith.

"Never walk, drive or ride through floodwaters because what you see on the surface isn't a reflection of what is underneath both depth wise and with hidden hazards," Mrs Sinclair said.

"We have seen a number of instances where the road underneath is just completely washed away."

If you are in an emergency situation, please contact 000.

For all storm and flood related emergencies, please contact the SES on 132 500.

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