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Australia Flood 2022 – Australia Has Ordered Half A Million People To Evacuate Because Of Flooding

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On Thursday, authorities in Australia ordered people to leave their homes after heavy rain caused flash floods in its biggest city, with officials warning of worse to come and about 500,000 people likely to be evacuated.

An extreme weather system that has moved south from Queensland state has caused severe flooding on Australia’s east coast, cutting off entire towns and submerging hundreds of homes and farms. There have been 13 deaths since the deluge began last week.

There is a possibility that things in the state will deteriorate before improving, approximately 500,000 people would be affected by the evacuation orders and warnings, Dominic Perrottet, Premier of New South Wales, told reporters

According to Perrottet, flooding this year may be worse than last year’s floods, which were the worst in 60 years.

After two years of steady rain, Australia’s east coast has been flooded again due to a La Nina weather pattern characterized by increased rainfall. Rivers and catchments were already near capacity before the latest deluge after steady rains over the past few months.

Sydney’s major water supply, the Warragamba Dam, is expected to hold less water than previously feared as rains began to ease.

Over the past 24 hours, some Sydney suburbs received more than 100 millimeters of rain, and the weather bureau said more was on its way with some locations forecast to receive 150 millimeters of rain on Thursday. Sydney, which has a population of 5 million, has a mean rainfall of 140 mm in March.

Several suburbs in Sydney’s west have been hit by rising waters despite satellite images showing the storm drifting away from the city. Tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate during the night.

Southeast Queensland is facing heavy rains and wild winds after experiencing record flooding in recent days, hampering relief efforts. The weather bureau says “incredibly intense rain” is expected in the region on Thursday.

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