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The Australian Bureau of Meteorology says Sydney’s annual rainfall broke the previous record in 2009. 1950, it went at 12.30am local time today. The cumulative amount throughout the year exceeded 2,194mm after measuring 27.2mm of rain at Observatory Hill, Sydney.
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Heavy rains are expected to continue this week until Saturday 9 October in Sydney and several parts of the south-east of the country.
The new rainfall record in Sydney comes after the Bureau of Meteorology announced it had detected a La Niña phenomenon in the Pacific Ocean. It is expected to peak in spring in the Southern Hemisphere and return to normal early next year.
The report stated that The La Niña phenomenon is the opposite of the El Niño weather patterns. From La Niña it will result in the western Pacific Ocean. (Asia and Oceania) faces enormous humidity and heavy rainfall than usual. Faced with the drought of El Niño
The upcoming La Niña phenomenon is the third since 2019, as Australia is facing its hottest and driest year on record. As a result, the catastrophic fires killed more than 400 people and caused widespread damage for nearly 200,000 square kilometers.
Greater Sydney is one of the Australian cities facing bushfire smoke between 2019 and 2020 and has just arrived in July this year. with the heaviest rainfall ever recorded It measures 404 mm of rain, beating the previous record (336.1 mm) in 1950.
It also occurred due to the rains in March. The highest ever recorded was 554mm, beating the previous record of 521.4mm in the same month of 1942.
Sydney’s record rainfall totals this year will push rivers In New South Wales, river bank overflows can lead to moderate to severe flooding. in particular the counties of Tamworth, Dubbo and Bathrast.
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