UPDATED 3.42: Batemans Bay SES is sending a crew of four to Ulladulla, where 75mm of rain has fallen between 9am and 2.30pm.
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UPDATED 2.30PM: Flooding reported in Broulee.
UPDATED 12.30:
Emergency services crews are on alert as heavy rain and Tuesday's rising tide increase flooding risk throughout the Eurobodalla.
Low-lying areas near rivers and tidal creeks are expected to rise when a 1.6 metre high tide is reached mid-afternoon on October 14.
Crews were on Tuesday morning called to pump water away from near a Batehaven home.
Senior Sergeant Andrew Palmowski said heavy rain was predicted to continue from Batemans Bay to Narooma.
State Emergency Services crews are on alert in Batemans Bay and Moruya and crews were also sent to help in Narooma, after torrential rain on Monday night.
Low-lying parts of Narooma were submerged on Tuesday morning, with homes flooded.
Floodwaters were subsiding by mid-morning, but a 1.6 metre tide was due at 1.20pm.
Two crews from Moruya SES and one from Batemans Bay have responded to 25 calls for assistance in the Tuross Head, Narooma, Kianga, Dalmeny and Tilba.
“It is worst on the flat area at Narooma,” Moruya SES unit controller Peter Collins said.
“There is a lot of flooding and houses have been inundated.”
Batemans Bay SES has also responded to two calls for assistance, the first at Batehaven, where they sandbagged and pumped water out from around a house.
Shortly afterwards they were called to install a tarpaulin on a roof.
Road crews were called on Tuesday morning to remove tree debris from the Princes Highway, near the "mad mile", between Batemans Bay and Mogo.
Heavy rain and winds are predicted to continue on Tuesday and Wednesday, with a gale warning in force for the South Coast.
Snr Sgt Palmowski said minor land slips had been reported on Tuesdya, but up to 11am no roads had been closed.
He warned flooding was possible later on Tuesday and asked people to remain indoors if they could.
He urged drivers to notify police or Eurobodalla Shire Council of road hazards and to obey all instructions of emergency services crews and road workers redirecting or detouring traffic.
11am: The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a gale warning for the Eurobodalla coast for today and tomorrow.
South to southeasterly winds of 25 to 35 knots are blowing and they are predicted to increase to 30 to 40 knots in the middle of the day.
Cars have been reported pulling off the Princes Highway for safety north of Batemans Bay since rain swept up the coast, becoming torrential mid-morning.
Showers will continue to be heavy and large and powerful surf conditions are expected to be hazardous for coastal activities such as crossing bars by boat and rock fishing.
The bureau says these conditions will continue into tomorrow but ease off into the evening.
Narooma's low-lying areas are flooded today after heavy falls overnight.
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