Days of torrential rain caused dams to overflow and waterways to break their banks, bringing a new flood emergency to parts of Australia’s largest city
More than 30,000 residents of Sydney and its surrounds were told to evacuate or prepare to abandon their homes Monday as Australia’s largest city faces its fourth, and possibly worst, round of flooding in less than a year and a half.
The current flooding might affect areas that were spared during the previous floods in March last year, March this year and April, Watt added. The flooding danger was highest along the Hawkesbury River, in northwest Sydney, and the Nepean River in Sydney’s west. State Emergency Services Commissioner Carlene York said strong winds had toppled trees, damaging rooves and blocking roads. She advised against unnecessary travel.
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