I mentioned the rain and the flooding north of Sydney yesterday. Since then it’s gotten worse. Three people are confirmed to have died because of the flooding, and one person is missing, feared dead. Several weather stations recorded over 300 mm of rain in 24 hours yesterday, and it’s continued today. Almost 600 flood rescue operations have taken place, and around 50,000 people are under evacuation orders or expected to be soon. There’s a news story here with photos and video.
The rain is moving slowly south and Sydney got hit today, with 35 mm in the city, and over 50 mm in some suburbs, with similar or more predicted for tomorrow. It’s been raining heavily here for most of the day.
There was a brief respite at lunch time, when I managed to take Scully on a decent walk. I basically kept an eye on the rain, and as soon as it stopped around midday, we went out. We did a walk for about 40 minutes, and managed to get home before the rain started up again, about 10 minutes after we came inside. And it’s been pretty much non-stop since.
While staying home I did my ethics classes, on the new week’s topic of “Perfection”. And worked on some Darths & Droids comics. And stayed glued to the rain radar.