On the 8th local time, as heavy rainfall continued on the east coast of Australia, southwest Sydney was seriously threatened by floods. The government emergency department has issued evacuation orders, requiring tens of thousands of residents in relevant areas to evacuate quickly.
The emergency department said it was too late to issue an early warning before asking residents to evacuate due to the rapidly changing situation.
According to the Meteorological Department on the same day, in the past day, the rainfall in Wollongong, an important city in southern Sydney, reached 232 mm.
(Headquarters reporter Wang Cong)