Sydney is bracing for its worst flooding in decades after record rainfall caused its largest dam to overflow and as deluges prompted mandatory mass evacuation orders along Australia's east coast.
"It is one of the biggest floods we are likely to see for a very long time," said an official from Bureau of Meteorology.
State Premier Gladys Berejiklian said the region was experiencing a "one in 100 year event" and a national disaster had been declared.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2021/0321/1205221-sydney-floods-rainfall/
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The state's premier said the weather system that has caused the worst floods in decades was not going away and people should take it seriously
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