Sydney records wettest start to a year ever as BoM warns of more flooding to come

With soil already waterlogged and dams at capacity even small amounts of rainfall could be disastrous, experts say

A trickle in Sydney’s rain gauge on Wednesday meant the city is yet to get a dry day in the past 16, extending the record wet start to any year for the Harbour City.

The 0.2mm reading so far on Wednesday – the smallest measure the Bureau of Meteorology counts as rain – nudged the rainfall total at Sydney’s Observatory Hill to 872.6mm.

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(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/mar/09/sydney-records-wettest-start-to-a-year-ever-as-bom-warns-of-more-flooding-to-come

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