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Thick hail resembles snow in Byron Bay
A thick layer of hail resembling snow has puzzled residents of the NSW coastal town of Byron Bay.
Thousands of people still out of homes as Sydney braces for more rain on Sunday
Sydney recorded its eighth-wettest July ever after experiencing almost four months’ worth of rain in just a few days. The crisis is far from over.
- by Laura Chung
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Charting Sydney’s recent rainfall, river levels and dam capacity
In some Sydney suburbs, rainfall totals are more than half a metre above average and approaching the highest level seen in decades.
- by Nigel Gladstone
Floodwaters recede as thousands return home to assess damage
Floodwaters are receding across NSW and thousands of residents have returned home to assess the damage.
‘How much more can people take?’: The sobering science about Sydney’s future big wets
As residents endure yet more hardship on Sydney’s floodplains, scientific modelling is predicting a bleak outlook even if climate action is taken.
- by Ben Cubby, Laura Chung and Nigel Gladstone
NSW weather eases but disaster not over
The wild weather across New South Wales is finally easing - but the flood nightmare is far from over as thousands remain under evacuation orders and the attention turns to the colossal clean-up.