Residents allowed to return home as flooding threat eases

Residents allowed to return home as flooding threat eases

Road closures and diversions are still in place for much of the region north-west of Sydney,causing a headache for people attempting to return.

  • byAnthony Segaert

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NSW weather updates as it happened:Parts of Sydney evacuated due to flood risks,river levels rising

NSW weather updates as it happened:Parts of Sydney evacuated due to flood risks,river levels rising

While the worst of the rain might have cleared,evacuation warnings are still in place for parts of Greater Sydney.

  • byPatrick Begley andChristopher Harris
‘Stay indoors’:Month’s worth of rain dumped on Sydney in a day

‘Stay indoors’:Month’s worth of rain dumped on Sydney in a day

Roads were closed and some parts of Sydney were told to evacuate after the city received more than a month’s worth of rain in a single day.

  • byAnthony Segaert,Angus Thomson andChristopher Harris
NSW weather LIVE updates:Domestic flight cancellations,Sydney train delays as torrential rain batters Australia’s east coast;SES flood warnings issued

NSW weather LIVE updates:Domestic flight cancellations,Sydney train delays as torrential rain batters Australia’s east coast;SES flood warnings issued

Sydney and the rest of NSW are bracing for gale force winds,heavy rain and possibly deadly flooding as wild weather deepens along Australia’s east coast.

  • byAngus Thomson andChristopher Harris
Explained:What is causing the ‘Black Nor’easter’ smashing Sydney?

Explained:What is causing the ‘Black Nor’easter’ smashing Sydney?

Here’s what we know about the phenomenon and its role in wild weather that’s hit Sydney and other parts of NSW.

  • byAngus Thomson andChristopher Harris
After a balmy Easter,here comes the rain again

After a balmy Easter,here comes the rain again

March was abnormally wet and warm for Australia overall,but much drier than usual in the southeastern states.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
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Sydney in a scorcher on the final day of summer
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Sydney in a scorcher on the final day of summer

We may be saying goodbye to summer on Thursday,but the season is going out with a bang as a heatwave brings sweltering temperatures to Sydney.

  • byJessica McSweeney
The effects of climate change on your suburb and city revealed

The effects of climate change on your suburb and city revealed

Sustained high temperatures would make parts of Australia essentially uninhabitable for months of the year,according to new analysis. Search the impact on your area.

  • byBianca Hall
75,000 lightning strikes,mass train chaos:Sydney hit by storms
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75,000 lightning strikes,mass train chaos:Sydney hit by storms

Tens of thousands of homes and businesses were left without power and four people were hospitalised after being struck by lightning.

  • byAnthony Segaert andJessica McSweeney
Garden wars:Botanic Garden’s top plants put to the test

Garden wars:Botanic Garden’s top plants put to the test

Petunias and begonias are the latest winners of the Royal Botanic Garden’s plant trials,but gardeners have been warned not to blindly follow its advice.

  • byAndrew Taylor
Sydney suburbs hit 40 degrees as southerly buster promises relief

Sydney suburbs hit 40 degrees as southerly buster promises relief

A southerly buster forecast for Sydney overnight will usher in cooler temperatures for the start of the week. But the city’s set for a weather rollercoaster.

  • byMegan Gorrey andJosefine Ganko