Australian State Premier Urges Raising Dam to Protect Flood-Prone Communities

Australian State Premier Urges Raising Dam to Protect Flood-Prone Communities
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) shakes hands with State Emergency Service workers on a tour of flood-affected areas with New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet in the suburb of Richmond in Sydney, Australia, on July 6, 2022. Jenny Evans/Getty Images
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Australian state leader Premier Dominic Perrottet is asking the federal Labor government to help fund the raising of the Warragamba Dam wall in a bid to reduce flood risk to the community downstream of Sydney’s biggest dam.

The suggestion was first put forward in 2016 and has received renewed attention this week after several areas across Australia’s most populous state of New South Wales were declared “natural disaster zones” following days of storms and flooding across the state.
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