85 000 evacuated before massive flood in Sidney, Australia

Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 06 May 2022 from 19:15:36 to 19:16:01 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 11 June 2022 from 19:15:39 to 19:16:04 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 23 June 2022 from 19:15:40 to 19:16:05 UTC
Sentinel-1 CSAR IW acquired on 05 July 2022 from 19:15:40 to 19:16:05 UTC
Author(s): Sentinel Vision team, VisioTerra, France - svp@visioterra.fr
Keyword(s): Emergency, climate change, precipitations, flooding, reservoir lake, dam, Australia
Fig. 1 - S1 (06.05.2022->05.07.2022) - Torrential rainfall caused severe flooding in New South Wales, Australia, for a 4th time in 4 months.
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Around 85 000 people were displaced by the flooding or requested to leave their homes by authorities, 19 000 homes losing power. Warragamba dam also had a major spillage with a peak at 0.515 km3/day flowing down its walls on 03 July.
Fig. 2 - S1 (06.05.2022->05.07.2022) - Areas in Sydney urban area received around eight months of rain in four days.
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Fig. 3 - S1 (06.05.2022->05.07.2022) - It's the north of the state of New South Wales that faced the worst of the previous floods.
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Fig. 4 - S1 (06.05.2022->05.07.2022) - Some areas of the Illawarra, near Wollongong, received more than 700 mm in three days.
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Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024, processed by VisioTerra.
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