Chaos as Sydney Drenched With Month of Rain in 16 Hours

Some 139mm fell over Sydney’s Observatory Hill by 4pm on April 5, exceeding the April average by 13mm.

A boy runs for cover through the heavy rain in the central business district of Sydney on Mar. 2, 2017. SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images

A month’s worth of rain in 16 hours over Sydney has led to commuter chaos, flight cancellations and evacuation warnings.

Flash and riverine flooding was also felt in regional areas as a slow-moving upper-level low drenched central NSW on April 4.