Heavy rain causes severe flooding in Sydney

Heavy rains that fell on the Australian city of Sydney caused serious flooding in low-lying areas, with a level of about 1.5 meters in some suburbs, prompting the emergency service in the state of New South Wales to urge residents of several areas to evacuate their homes, and rain is expected to continue until tomorrow, Monday. the least.

And the media reported that the Sydney region experienced 4 times the amount of rain that it normally receives during the whole month of July.

The Australian Meteorological Service has warned that water levels in the area are as high as they were in March, as large parts of the low-lying areas of the city were subjected to severe flooding, pointing to the flooding of water behind the Warragamba Dam.

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