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Nadia Williams Nov 16, 2022

Sou

The water keeps coming. This time it all but washed away a small town about 350km west of Sydney, east of Forbes NSW

Inland 'tsunami' destroys NSW town of Eugowra, one person dead

#floods #climate #Australia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-16/eugowra-residents-return-to-uninhabitable-homes/101657594

Inland 'tsunami' destroys NSW town of Eugowra, one person dead

Residents of a central western NSW town climbed on their roofs and clung onto trees as a "wall of water" killed at least one person and destroyed hundreds of homes.

ABC News

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Ataraxia Nov 16, 2022

@sou @MichaelEMann

Reasons given here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/nov/15/why-is-so-much-of-australia-flooding-right-now

Most other Australian media seem to miss mentioning another important topic related to many extreme weather events.

Why is so much of Australia flooding right now?

Full dams and saturated soil from three consecutive years of La Niña events leave a landscape with little ability to absorb more rain

The Guardian