Up to 50,000 evacuated in Sydney floods

Torrential rains battering Australia’s east coast have forced thousands of people from their homes as rivers rose rapidly past danger levels. The federal government has declared a national emergency


Sydney lashed by 20cm rainfall, 17% of annual average, in 24 hours

NEW SOUTH WALES
Parke
Bathurst
Booligal
Port Macquarie
Hunter Region: 8 evacuation orders/warnings
Newcastle
Northern Sydney: 62
Gosford
Sydney
Southern Sydney: 32 
Western Sydney: 112

Evacuation order 
Flood warning

200km 124 miles


Map detail


Sources: Australian Bureau of Meteorology, Reuters
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