Some 60,000 Sydney residents were under evacuation orders as heavy rains and flash flooding linked to climate change pummeled much of Australia's largest city on Tuesday, per Australian emergency services.
The big picture: The severe weather has lashed Australia's east coast since late last month, killing at least 20 people. An Australian Bureau of Meteorology official told a briefing Tuesday that Sydney faced a "tough" 48 hours due to heavy rains, and minor to major flooding was occurring from the state of Queensland's border to Victoria's.
Staff of the Camden Sports Club wade through floodwaters to enter the building in the southwestern Camden suburb of Sydney on Tuesday. Photo: Muhammad Farooq/AFP via Getty Images
Traffic backed up on a road heading into Sydney's Northern Beaches during heavy rain on Tuesday. Photo: James D. Morgan/Getty Images
A tree fallen beside a car during heavy rain in the Sydney suburb of North Balgowlah on Tuesday. Photo: James D. Morgan/Getty Images
Residents near a car stranded in Camden's floodwaters on Tuesday. Photo: Muhammad Farooq/AFP via Getty Images
A boat sits next to the main highway near the Georges River in the Sydney suburb of Milperra on Tuesday. Photo: James D. Morgan/Getty Images
TA pedestrian bridge in southwestern Sydney on Tuesday. Photo: Muhammad Farooq/AFP via Getty Images
