Sydney's Warragamba Dam levels surge to 62% capacity after torrential rain
by Naaman Zhou and Australian Associated Press from Environment | The Guardian on (#4Z4Q8)
512,452 megalitre deluge across all the city's catchments equivalent of nine months' worth of water in less than a week
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The water level in Sydney's dams has risen by more than 20 percentage points in one day after torrential rain on Sunday brought the best inflows for nearly three years.
More than 363,681 megalitres flowed into Warragamba Dam alone on Sunday as the dam rose from 43.8% to 61.8% of capacity. Across all of Sydney's catchments, 512,452 megalitres poured in.
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