The Warragamba Dam,which supplies the bulk of Sydney’s drinking water,is close to capacity after days of persistent rain and is likely to spill.
A flood management expert says avoiding flood problems means making the right decision at the start - and now the Maribyrnong River’s issues are almost impossible to fix.
A band of rain sweeping towards Sydney is forecast to deliver 150-millimetre downpours and flash flooding.
Flood risk evaluations of the Rosehill ‘mini-city’ site show what needs to be considered before 25,000 apartments could be built there.
The floods in Guangdong province were caused by intense convective storms that started last week and are expected to last until the end of the month.
Parts of the UAE received 2½ times the average annual rainfall in 24 hours. Emirates says it has suspended check-ins for the day.
Thousands have been evacuated as major rivers such as the Ural,which flows through Kazakhstan into the Caspian,overwhelm embankments.
Cars are underwater,and several people have had to be rescued after an extreme downpour hit Perth’s northern suburbs. See the gallery here.
Dozens remain without power in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs after a cold,wet start to the week that also brought snow to Victoria’s alps.
Premier Chris Minns was Labor’s shadow water minister when he first proposed lowering the capacity of Warragamba Dam.
South-east Queensland is bracing itself for heavy rain,with up to 200mm tipped to fall in the south-east.