At the start of the week an East Coast Low off the New South Wales coast, that had already brought heavy rain from the Hunter to the Illawarra, decayed into a trough and moved northwards bringing further heavy rain
Significant flooding occurred in catchments, from the Illawarra to the Mid North coast, still saturated from extreme rainfall earlier this year
Many sites from Sydney to the Mid North Coast set July daily rainfall records, with weekly totals of 150-300 mm
The highest weekly total for the 5-11 July period at a Bureau gauge was 389.8 mm at Taree Airport AWS
Taree Airport AWS…
