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  2. Floods in New South Wales - Wikipedia

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    Moderate to major flooding first hit Forbes and Condobolin in early September, [42] and by mid-September predictions were for widespread flooding across most of inland New South Wales. [43] By late September, flooding had peaked in Forbes at 10.67 metres (35.0 ft), with 1,000 people evacuated, as the Newell Highway was cut north and south of ...

  3. 2022 New South Wales floods - Wikipedia

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    [7] [27] Prime minister Anthony Albanese and NSW premier Dominic Perrottet both visited flood-ravaged sites in northwest Sydney. [28] A study in 2021 initiated by the government stated that raising the Warragamba Dam wall was the best choice for minimising risk to life, property damage and cost.

  4. 2022 south eastern Australia floods - Wikipedia

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    In Tasmania, the Mersey River, Meander River and Macquarie River saw water levels reach major flood levels. [10] With the exception of the Maribyrnong River, the aforementioned Victoria and NSW rivers flow into the Murray River, which caused flooding downstream in North-Western Victoria and South Australia in November and December, and into ...

  5. 2022 eastern Australia floods - Wikipedia

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    On 7 April, the floods forced Picton, New South Wales to be placed under an evacuation warning as the Stonequarry Creek continued to rise. Camden, New South Wales was inundated as the floodwaters rose. [52] On 2 July, Camden, New South Wales was ordered to evacuate for the fourth time of the year due more major flooding. [53]

  6. 2021 eastern Australia floods - Wikipedia

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    The state was not evacuated because of the floods. New South Wales State Emergency Service (SES) had responded to over 12,000 requests for help and 1000 direct flood rescues since 18 March during the storm, with the coastal area between the Mid North Coast and Greater Sydney being the most affected by the storm, where the SES had given flood evacuation warnings in many areas of these regions.

  7. Floods in Australia - Wikipedia

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    1893 Brisbane flood Flooding in Newcastle in 2007 Queensland 2010-2011 floods. Australia has had over 160,708 floods in the last 10 years, many of which have taken out homes, wildlife and many habitats.

  8. 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 ...

  9. Lismore, New South Wales - Wikipedia

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    Flood at Lismore, NSW, 23 July 1921 (contemporary postcard) Display of flood levels (to 2022) of Wilsons River at Lismore, NSW. Although no other major environmental hazards generally affect the area, Lismore is renowned for frequent floods from Wilsons River and Leycester Creek. Prior to the 2022 event which reached an unprecedented 14.4 ...