Sydney braces for impending flood surge

Extreme rain storms that have killed at least 10 people along Australia’s east coast have been dubbed a “one-in-a-thousand-year event”


200km 124 miles
QUEENSLAND
Brisbane
Gold Coast 

Lismore
Hundreds of people trapped in homes, many forced onto rooftops

Grafton
Coffs Harbour
NEW SOUTH WALES
Port Macquarie
Newcastle 
Gosford
Sydney
Wettest summer in 30 years. Could see one month’s rainfall in 6-hour period

Wollongong
Canberra


Queensland hit by 80% of annual rainfall in 3 days

24-hour rainfall
(to 2200GMT, Mar 1)
100mm+ 
50-99mm 
25-49mm 
10-24mm 
0.2-9mm


Perth
WA
NT
SA 
Adelaide
QLD 
NSW
Melbourne 
VIC
Brisbane
Sydney
TAS


2021-2022: East coast dominated by La Nina climate pattern for two years in succession


Sources: Australian Bureau of Meteorology, CNN, Times 
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