Sixteen pre-school children and their carers were rescued at Jamberoo by the State Emergency Service.
[1] Albion Park received 63 millimetres (2.5 in) of rain in the hour leading up to 1 pm on 21 March 2011.
[1] A man, presumed to be in his forties, was found dead 150 kilometres (93 mi) east from a stormwater bridge as torrential rain continued fall across the Illawarra on 21 March.
Dozens of people were rescued as highways were shut and trains suspended until the waters subsided.
[2] The Princes Highway was closed around Station Street, Albion Park and at Kiama after a tree fell and blocked the road.