Floods in Sydney, thousands of evacuees. Dam overflows. THE PHOTOS

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Severe bad weather in Australia. Due to the torrential rains of the last few hours, the Warragamba damin South West Sydney, started to overflow early in the morning, well ahead of the authorities’ forecasts. And there is a first victim bad weather: it is a man who was in a kayak on the Parramatta river and who drowned despite the rescue, which had spotted him in difficulty, had been activated

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People look at flooded streets due to torrential rain in the Camden suburb of Sydney on July 3, 2022. - Thousands of Australians were ordered to evacuate their homes in Sydney on July 3 as torrential rain battered the country's largest city and floodwaters inundated its outskirts. (Photo by Muhammad FAROOQ / AFP) (Photo by MUHAMMAD FAROOQ / AFP via Getty Images)

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In Camden (pictured), a suburb of the city, emergency services rescued 29 people from flooding and were called 1,400 times in a single day

A general view shows flooded streets due to torrential rain in the Camden suburb of Sydney on July 3, 2022. - Thousands of Australians were ordered to evacuate their homes in Sydney on July 3 as torrential rain battered the country's largest city and floodwaters inundated its outskirts . (Photo by Muhammad FAROOQ / AFP) (Photo by MUHAMMAD FAROOQ / AFP via Getty Images)

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Thousands of people in Sydney they received orders to leave their homes due to bad weather

A rescue worker examines a flooded area due to torrential rain in the Camden suburb of Sydney on July 3, 2022. - Thousands of Australians were ordered to evacuate their homes in Sydney on July 3 as torrential rain battered the country's largest city and floodwaters inundated its outskirts. (Photo by Muhammad FAROOQ / AFP) (Photo by MUHAMMAD FAROOQ / AFP via Getty Images)

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“It’s a situation life-threatening emergency “, said Stephanie Cooke, minister of emergency services for the state of New South Wales

People look at a flooded park due to torrential rain in the Camden suburb of Sydney on July 3, 2022. - Thousands of Australians were ordered to evacuate their homes in Sydney on July 3 as torrential rain battered the country's largest city and floodwaters inundated its outskirts . (Photo by Muhammad FAROOQ / AFP) (Photo by MUHAMMAD FAROOQ / AFP via Getty Images)

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Meteorologists predict that the weather will get worse in the next few days and Cooke spoke of a “rapidly changing situation”. The government has asked everyone to consider canceling trips for the school holidays. “Stay home if you can”

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In March, floods caused by severe thunderstorms had devastated western Sydney, killing 20 people

People stand next to a flooded petrol station due to torrential rain in the Camden suburb of Sydney on July 3, 2022. - Thousands of Australians were ordered to evacuate their homes in Sydney on July 3 as torrential rain battered the country's largest city and floodwaters inundated its outskirts. (Photo by Muhammad FAROOQ / AFP) (Photo by MUHAMMAD FAROOQ / AFP via Getty Images)

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A general view shows a flooded area due to torrential rain in the Camden suburb of Sydney on July 3, 2022. - Thousands of Australians were ordered to evacuate their homes in Sydney on July 3 as torrential rain battered the country's largest city and floodwaters inundated its outskirts. (Photo by Muhammad FAROOQ / AFP) (Photo by MUHAMMAD FAROOQ / AFP via Getty Images)

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A man takes pictures of the flooded streets due to torrential rain in the Camden suburb of Sydney on July 3, 2022. - Thousands of Australians were ordered to evacuate their homes in Sydney on July 3 as torrential rain battered the country's largest city and floodwaters inundated its outskirts. (Photo by Muhammad FAROOQ / AFP) (Photo by MUHAMMAD FAROOQ / AFP via Getty Images)

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Source-tg24.sky.it

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