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Not again! BoM issues Flood warning for Qld and NSW. (aus.social)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Not again! BoM issues Flood warning for Qld and NSW.

"A major rain event will engulf most of eastern Australia during the next 48 hours, prompting the Bureau of Meteorology to issue flood watches from southern Queensland to the NSW South Coast.

"Greater Sydney could be soaked by up to 200mm from late Thursday to early Saturday, potentially leading to major flooding along the Hawkesbury-Nepean River, while Brisbane and Canberra also face the prospect of heavy rain."

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-04/torrential-rain-triggers-flood-watch-for-sydney/103665240

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

@ajsadauskas @sydney Same thing has applied to parts of California and the US, Canada, Europe, Asia. Then the weather patterns will change again and the excessive precipitation will be in other areas whilst some get dryer. History repeats itself time and time again. When you over 40 or 50 you'll realize it more and more then shrug it off as most of us who are older do.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

The really odd thing is that we're supposed to be in an El Niño phase, which should mean South America gets a lot of rainfall, but that it's very dry here in the western Pacific. Instead we've ended up with a year just as wet as during the last La Niña event.