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Sydney records wettest year since records began in 1858

Sydney was deluged with rain on Thursday with more downpours forecast [Mark Baker/AP Photo]

Sydney, Australia’s biggest city, has recorded its wettest year since records began 164 years ago following hours of rain on Thursday morning.

With some 86 days of 2022 still to go, total rainfall in the city had topped 2,213mm (87 inches) by Thursday afternoon, surpassing the previous record of 2,194mm (86 inches) that was set in 1950, official data showed.

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