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  2. 2022 New South Wales floods - Wikipedia

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    1. Property damage. >$379 million (2022 USD) [1] Heavy flooding broke out in the Central Coast and Sydney areas of New South Wales, Australia, beginning in early July 2022. [2][3] Around 85,000 people were displaced by the flooding or requested to leave their homes by authorities. [4][5] The floods' damage was significant because rain fell on ...

  3. Severe weather events in Sydney - Wikipedia

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    5 January 1863 is Sydney's first recorded 40 °C (104 °F) day, when the mercury hit 41.6 °C (106.9 °F) at Sydney's Observatory Hill. [11]During January 1896, a state wide heatwave blasted through NSW and caused the mercury in Sydney to hit 40.7 °C (105.3 °F) on the 6th and 42.5 °C (108.5 °F) on the 13th, this ended Sydney's longest streak of days under 40.0 °C (104.0 °F) which lasted ...

  4. Rain gutter - Wikipedia

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    Eaves gutter and downpipe. Decorative lead hopper head dated 1662, Durham Castle. A rain gutter, eavestrough, eaves-shoot or surface water collection channel is a component of a water discharge system for a building. [1] It is necessary to prevent water dripping or flowing off roofs in an uncontrolled manner for several reasons: to prevent it ...

  5. Rainwater tank - Wikipedia

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    A rainwater tank (sometimes called a rain barrel in North America in reference to smaller tanks, or a water butt in the UK) is a water tank used to collect and store rain water runoff, typically from rooftops via pipes. Rainwater tanks are devices for collecting and maintaining harvested rain. A rainwater catchment or collection (also known as ...

  6. 2021 eastern Australia floods - Wikipedia

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    2021 Eastern Australia floods. Extreme rainfall on the east coast of Australia beginning on 18 March 2021 led to widespread flooding in New South Wales, affecting regions from the North Coast to the Sydney metropolitan area in the south. Suburbs of Sydney experienced the worst flooding in 60 years, [7] and the events were described by NSW ...

  7. 1979–1983 Eastern Australian drought - Wikipedia

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    1979–1983 Eastern Australian drought. Between 1979 and 1983 almost all of eastern Australia was affected by a major drought. Although in some places such as the South Coast the drought was almost continuous, in most of the affected region the major years of drought were 1980 and 1982.

  8. 2007 New South Wales storms - Wikipedia

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    The 2007 New South Wales storms started on 8 June 2007 following the development of an intense east coast low pressure system during the previous night. Over the next 36 hours, these areas were battered by the system's strong winds and torrential rain, which caused extensive flooding, damage, loss of life and the grounding of a 225 m (738 ft ...

  9. Drainage - Wikipedia

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    Drainage. High-density polyethylene pipe installation in a storm drain project, Mexico. Drainage is the natural or artificial removal of a surface's water and sub-surface water from an area with excess water. The internal drainage of most agricultural soils can prevent severe waterlogging (anaerobic conditions that harm root growth), but many ...

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