Professor Flannery please phone your office

Since declaring that rainfall would be one of the rarest events in modern times it would appear that Professor Flannery got it wrong.

NSW flooding: SES hit with 447 calls for help amid rain deluge, Warragamba Dam begins spilling

Multiple parts of NSW and Sydney are being smashed by wild weather, with heavy rain, thunder and lightning hammering the area.

Flood warnings have been issued for multiple parts of NSW’s east coast, as the state continues to be smashed by heavy rains.

The wild weather hammered the state on Thursday night, with heavy rain, thunder and lightning smashing Sydney.

A “five-in-one” lightning strike struck the city at 8pm, with two lightning bolts appearing to hit the Harbour Bridge.
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