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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

EXPLAINER: Factors behind Sydney's recent flood emergecies

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

Parts of Australia’s largest city have been inundated by four major floods since March last year, leaving weary victims questioning how many times they can rebuild.

The latest disaster follows Sydney’s wettest-ever start to a year with dams overflowing and a sodden landscape incapable of absorbing more rain that must instead run into swollen waterways.

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