Australia weather: spill warning for Sydney’s Warragamba dam as Bunbury recovers from freak WA tornado

Warragamba dam in NSW nearing capacity after two West Australians were hospitalised on Friday

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Warragamba dam could spill over the Mother's Day weekend amid severe weather warnings on the east coast, and after a tornado tore through the West Australian city of Bunbury, injuring two people.

WaterNSW issued a warning on Friday that the Warragamba dam was nearing capacity after several days of rainfall, and that a spill event was likely in coming days".

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