Chaos as Sydney Drenched With Month of Rain in 16 Hours

Published on April 5, 2024

A month’s worth of rain in 16 hours over Sydney has led to commuter chaos, flight cancellations and evacuation warnings. Flash and riverine flooding was also felt in regional areas as a slow-moving upper-level low drenched central NSW on April 4. Train services faced major delays due to damaged equipment at Redfern in inner Sydney and dozens of flights in and out of the city’s international and domestic airport terminals were cancelled. Power was also cut to inner city blocks including a major city centre court complex after water affected local electricity infrastructure. Some 139mm fell over Sydney’s Observatory Hill by 4pm on April 5, exceeding the April average by 13mm....

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