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In pictures: Australia's 'one-in-ayear' flood. Australia told to plan for 'simultaneous disasters'. Couple's house swept away. Image source, Reuters. A car is abandoned in flood-hit New South Wales. Another 15, were on evacuation notice on Tuesday. What is the latest forecast? Spiders, wallabies and cows flee Australia floods In pictures: Australia's 'one-in-ayear' flood. This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.

Australia floods: Is the jet stream to blame? What has been the damage so far? Among the incidents that have happened:. In Port Macquarie's North Shore, one resident was filmed dragging a stingray through what was his front lawn On Sunday a young couple saw their house north of Sydney swept away by flash floods on what should have been their wedding day Spiders and snakes attempting to escape the floodwaters have been seen swarming inside resident's homes.

Image source, Joanna Wassens. From fires to floods. Photo: NoelHodda. Sydney has been hit by a severe storm that has closed roads and light rail lines and threatened to cause delays at the city's airport. The Bureau of Metereology warned of flash flooding and damaging winds in suburbs near the airport, including Botany, Maroubra and Randwick. In the west, Penrith, Parramatta and Campbelltown also experienced the full force of the storm, as did Wollongong and Port Kembla south of Sydney.

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In nearby Pitt Town, Aaron Schultz pointed out the places where his shed, stables and water tank used to be, while he prepared his property before evacuating. All of it had been submerged by Monday afternoon, and the speed at which the water rose during the day had convinced him he needed to leave. He still did not know where he would be staying on Monday night, after the friend he had hoped to stay with was also forced to evacuate.

The bulk of the flooding had taken place in two parts of the state — both the outer western suburbs of Sydney and the regional mid-north coastal areas around Taree and Kempsey. The extreme rainfall came after three weather systems combined, and fell on already saturated ground due to a wetter-than-average summer, thanks in part to the La Nina weather pattern. If you do the maths, Australia has warmed by 1. But climate scientists say it's not that simple because of the many different factors that influence rainfall.

Climate change could also be making weather patterns that deliver downpours more frequent, but again, more research is needed. The NSW State Emergency Service had received some 8, calls for help by the mid-afternoon, including an elderly woman with a broken hip in the town of Kempsey.

In the north coast town of Telegraph Point, Megan Nourse said a flash downpour had flooded her home in 10 minutes, forcing her to swim through her own living room trying to find her son and daughter.