Sydney floods

Streets become rivers amid shocking deluge as Manly Dam spills and Roseville bridge flooded, with evacuation orders covering more than a dozen suburbs.

“We got about a metre and a half of water, it’s the second time in three days, it’s been absolutely crazy,” Testa said. Sydney itself has had its wettest start to any year, with 821.6mm as of Tuesday morning, well ahead of the nearest rival period in 1956, a Weatherzone meteorologist said. “We had a guy walking through last night, with water up to his neck. My daughter had to walk through knee-deep water to get out as she was in the hall.” Other rivers, including the Hawkesbury-Nepean, were flooding at levels exceeding last week and surpassing March 2021. Many residents could only watch on as the water swallowed up their homes and cars. Nearly 900 people were in temporary accommodation. Rainfall totals in the next six hours could be between 70mm and 100 mm. “But it is what it is. At Mackellar girls campus in Manly Vale, students watched cars float past the windows in deep water. Roseville Bridge, which crosses Middle harbour, was inundated, trapping cars and causing major delays. Thirteen people have died in Queensland’s floods.

The weather station on Observatory Hill in the CBD has recorded 822 millimetres of rain so far this year. That's about 70 per cent of the amount that would ...

"That is the wettest start to Sydney so far for any year. "It just breaks my heart. My feet were [under], ankles and then, 'Oh, that's my car floating down the street'," he said. I was getting updates. "The rain and thunderstorms have not finished yet," SES Commissioner Carlene York said. "We're asking people to avoid the road," Ms Cantle said. You look at it (the flooding) and it makes you think how lucky you are," he said. "We live on a bit of land, we had to evacuate the sheep, everything." Of particular concern are the Hawkesbury and the Nepean Rivers, which Mr Narramore said were in danger of experiencing flooding levels "equal to or greater than what we saw in March of 2021." "It's crazy just what happens when the water comes through … it's just really hard for me and my family," he said. The third wettest start to the year was recorded in 1990, when 754mm of rain fell. Sydney is enduring its wettest start to the year since records began in 1859, and while the rain is set to ease, authorities are warning it doesn't mean the state's flooding emergency is over.

Water in the harbour tunnel, cars floating past school windows, a trapped police car – people around the city jumped on social media to share the damage and ...

Manly in— Vkthreepi (@Vkthreepi) #SydneyOne of my daughters has her car parked in a car park. No doubt they’re now smashing pints down at 4 Pines 🍻— Andy Dowling (@AndyDowling) #sydneyrain #sydneyfloods #sydneyweather pic.twitter.com/1CNIIgYXDD March 8, 2022 — The Chaser (@chaser)— The Chaser (@chaser) pic.twitter.com/Cn2w1pZkD2 March 8, 2022 Little did she know that her car would be getting a wash, inside and out. Parramatta right now, with lots more rain forecast— Madelaine (@verymadelaine) #SydneyStorm pic.twitter.com/hHJiUo34aV March 8, 2022 Pittwater Road becomes Pittwater river with flooding in Dee Why— Road Less Travelled (@rdlesstravelled) #sydneyfloods #deewhy #northernbeaches pic.twitter.com/9E9hFQu91N March 8, 2022

Sydney is waking to carnage from the Northern Beaches to the south-west but rain is set to subside for a long overdue sunny day - before rolling back in on ...

'The government is finalising its first wave, over and above measures, particularly for the Northern Rivers area. The city was lashed with 110km/h winds last night, ripping down power lines and toppling trees. Conditions will take a turn for the worst in the Northern Rivers again on Wednesday evening, with thunderstorms and high winds set to smash the already decimated region. Sunday and Monday are likely to see the biggest downpours, with a 70 per cent and 90 per cent chance of rain respectively. A car struggles to drive through floodwaters in Chatswood on Sydney's North Shore on Tuesday after more than 100mm of rainfall hit the city However most of the downpour over the city is forecast to have passed by 9am on Wednesday, with a few showers forecast and gusty conditions predicted.

In a sight many Sydneysiders could never have fathomed, yesterday the Roseville Bridge flooded. The rain that blasted Sydney yesterday was enough to do the trick, with torrential and unrelenting downpour proving too much for the bridge's drainage ...

Over the past week as the devastation in Lismore unfolded, Sydney watched on, a little damp, but safe from a distance. The rain that blasted Sydney yesterday was enough to do the trick, with torrential and unrelenting downpour proving too much for the bridge’s drainage system. In a sight many Sydneysiders could never have fathomed, yesterday the Roseville Bridge flooded.

At least two people have died, thousands are homeless and wild winds are set to create more havoc as Sydney is hit by record rains.

“It’s up to $150,000 in damage if it enters the house,” she said. They were halted altogether in some parts of the network such as the Blue Mountains, Richmond and Hornsby. On the north shore, buses were suspended and routes in other parts of the city were diverted to avoid flooded roads. The SES said the dam had reached “red alert” and begun overflowing. Windsor resident Brook Greenhouse thought they had escaped the worst of the floods last week. The nearby creek often flooded, but “this is by far the worst we’ve had,” she said. Jamie Ware, whose son Griffin Davidson, attends a childcare centre in Manly, was called to collect her son because the centre was being evacuated. About 80 per cent of total claims are for domestic property, 17 per cent for cars and the remainder commercial property claims. On the northern beaches, high school students waded home in knee-high water. These included suburbs along the Nepean, Georges and Hawkesbury rivers, as well as residents near Narrabeen Lagoon and Manly Dam, where water was spilling over dam walls. Major roads across the city were impassable for much of the day. Late on Tuesday night the river was still rising and had exceeded flood levels from March 2021 at North Richmond, Windsor, Sackville, Lower Portland and Wisemans Ferry. Peaks are expected overnight and into Wednesday. Wind gusts exceeding 90 km/h were forecast for Sydney and the Illawarra into Wednesday morning.

An east coast low causes significant rainfall over Greater Sydney and its surrounds, as Manly Dam spills and two bodies are pulled from the water at ...

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Residents in low-lying areas around Manly Dam on Sydney's Northern Beaches have been warned to prepare to e...

A car park in Brookvale had about two feet of water in the bottom of it, and water rose to the rim of wheels of vehicles on the nearby streets. Pittwater Road in Manly was swamped, causing cars to float on the Roseville Bridge. Major flooding is continuing today in the Hawkesbury area, with Hawkesbury River water levels in Windsor expected to peak around midday.