World·Posted on 9 Feb 202052 Photos That Show Just How Devastating The Rain Has Been In NSWGoodbye, hell-fires. Hello, flood waters.by Julia WillingBuzzFeed StaffLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail This summer, NSW suffered through the worst fire season on record. lucy ♡ @IucyaIice MY COUNTRY IS ON FCKING FIRE AND NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!! ITS BEEN GOING ON FOR WEEKS, IT HAS BURNT MORE LAND THAN THE AMAZON FIRES, FAMILIES ARE LOOSING THEIR HOMES PLEASE START DOING SOMETHING, EVEN IF ITS JUST TO RAISE AWARENESS!!!! #AUSTRALIANBUSHFIRES 11:00 PM - 06 Dec 2019 Reply Retweet Favorite And this weekend, the long-awaited arrival of rain was met with mixed feelings, as the state was subjected to wild winds and flooding for almost three days straight. 1. neé Chantal Dezarnaulds (Omodiagbe) @dezomopr My brother in law just took this from their balcony in Sydney. Wild as wild can be #sydneyweather #SydneyStorm @blazehackman @SBSNews 03:29 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 2. Jane & Maddie @shorrock_jane_x Extreme climate change! 💔🙏 #nswrain #NSWFloods #Australia #Floods @9NewsAUS @FRNSW #TimeForChange #horses #racehorses 11:08 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 3. View this photo on Instagram 4. Anthony Clark @AnthonyClarkAU Incredible weather across Sydney. Upside down waterfalls at #Kurnell. #sydney #SydneyStorm #sydneyweather #weather 11:11 PM - 08 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 5. Corinne Campbell @corisel My friend just spotted AN EEL IN THE NORTHBRIDGE CARPARK!!! #sydneyrain #sydneyweather 01:14 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 6. Phuong Le @Phuong_LeAD Today's last Manly Ferry service before it was cancelled for the rest of the day due to large swells. It definitely felt like a roller coaster ride! @FerriesInfo #sydneyweather #sydneystorm 01:55 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 7. View this photo on Instagram 8. Amanda Rose @TheAmandaRose Only in Australia 🙄 09:34 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 9. View this photo on Instagram 10. Jacqui Kirk @jacquikdkirk More #SydneyStorm fun at narrabeen lagoon 07:34 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 11. Jacqui Kirk @jacquikdkirk Narrabeen pool this morning #sydneyweather #sydneyrain #sydneystorm 02:37 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 12. The homeless Koala @TweetOfAKoala If you hv been prayin for #rain in #Australia. I can confirm that ur prayers r heard and u can stop now, coz v are inundated with #NSWFloods 🙄 Just a few days ago, this region saw the worst #bushfires and now waterfalls 😳 #SydneyStorm #sydneyweather 03:55 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 13. View this photo on Instagram 14. Blue Mountains @katoomba_gal Wentworth Falls this afternoon. 05:07 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 15. Mitchell Harley @DocHarleyMD Fairy Bower, Manly #Sydneystorm 10:16 PM - 08 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 16. Little Australia @LitThom Lagoon normally starts back beyond those liitle boats back there. Narrabeen Lagoon foot-bike path is past that Y tree in center of pic. #SydneyStorm 05:58 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 17. Little Australia @LitThom White car (mine) is parked at the end of a road. Beyond it normally footpath and grass. #sydneystorm 05:53 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 18. Martin @justmarty11 Beach eroded at Maroubra after the storm yesterday #NSWFloods 10:30 PM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 19. Little Australia @LitThom #sydneystorm 03:19 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 20. Nancy Glenn @NancGlenn Oh the poor trees, we need them! Still learning my Aus trees in my local park, think these are coastal banksia. Someone please correct me?! #NSWFloods #SydneyStorm 09:26 PM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 21. Shane Bazzi @shanebazzi Killara Reserve, Panania this morning. I’ve never seen it flood this bad before. #NSWfloods #sydneyrain 09:50 PM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 22. Bec Haddad @BecHaddad Look we got water views now, so I assume that puts us up in the millionaire’s club. I’ll be off to pick up our family yacht club membership tomorrow. #sydneyweather #sydneyrain 12:05 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 23. Mitchell Harley @DocHarleyMD Still some huge wave overtopping of the walkway from Manly to Shelly beach. Bike riding definitely not recommended #sydneystorm #sydneystorms 09:44 PM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 24. Danna Diaz @dannamdiaz Last time I was driving along the #M1 towards #Sydney, there were fires along the median strip. Now there’s waterfalls coming down the highway. #NSWfloods #sydneyrain #NSWrain 03:54 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 25. Stop Adani Inner East @StopAdaniSydE Storms lashing Sydney. Tree down in Potts Point has ripped up a gas pipe, forcing residents to be evacuated from the area til at least midnight. Thank you to @cityofsydney for sheltering residents at Rex Centre #NSWfloods 08:24 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 26. shah-256 @shah_256 Drove out to Watson's Bay today. Due to the heavy rain and wind I have now seen an upside down waterfall. #NSWFloods #Waterfall #reverse We got soaked to say the least. 09:04 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 27. L Stingray @evoski Bringelly... just woke up to this #NSWFloods 12:37 PM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 28. View this photo on Instagram 29. Imogen Scott @imogenscott Watching Lane Cove River rising in our garden while packing a few things. This is low tide and it's still rising. #sydneyweather 02:46 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 30. View this photo on Instagram 31. Alessandra @AlessPickings This photo is of Narribri train station, 521km northwest of Sydney. Last week it was in an area of NSW that was severely affected by drought. Today, it’s a lake. #NSWFloods 04:39 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 32. View this photo on Instagram 33. View this photo on Instagram 34. View this photo on Instagram 35. Mitchell Harley @DocHarleyMD 5.4m waves offshore in Sydney right now (and growing). Inching closer to houses at #Collaroy #sydneystorm #SydneyRain 11:53 PM - 08 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 36. Lauren Mackenzie @LMackenzie1990 People are actually surfing at Balmoral Beach. Never seen anything like it #sydneystorm 03:19 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 37. View this photo on Instagram 38. LJ Charleston @LJCharleston What a difference four weeks makes. Photos taken by Kellie Smith from her back door, south coast NSW. Incredible contrast. #Sydneystorm #NSWfloods 08:34 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 39. OnurK @OnurKog Sydney CBD.. #sydneystorm 04:29 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 40. ᖇOᗷEᖇT OᐯᗩᗪIᗩ @RobertOvadia The closest to typhoon weather I’ve seen in Sydney. Wow. #SydneyStorm #SydneyRain 06:58 AM - 08 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 41. Chandrika C. Hasan @Chanvjvl From fire to water. Grass fire at this spot few weeks ago, now flood at Eastern Creek on Garfield Road West. #NSWFloods #SydneyStorm #sydneyweather #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency 03:37 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 42. Mitchell Harley @DocHarleyMD Massive wave overtopping happening at Fairy Bower #Sydneystorm 10:10 PM - 08 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 43. jack begbie @jackbegbie There was a landslide between Katoomba and Leura, but the worst part is it's not even original content #SydneyStorm 09:42 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 44. View this photo on Instagram 45. View this photo on Instagram 46. View this photo on Instagram 47. 🦄 Flip Prior 🦄 @FlipPrior This is what it’s like driving across the Sydney Harbour Bridge right now ... we’ve gone from insane bushfires in NSW to this. Very low visibility, dangerous conditions on the road #sydneystorm @abcsydney 02:23 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 48. Jason Robertson @jason_robertson Dee Why getting lashed by massive swells, cyclonic winds & torrential rain. Anyone spot Bohdi? #sydneystorm #50yearstorm #sydneyweather 04:43 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 49. Trevor Woods @tjwoods #sydneystorm right outside of our apartment in the CBD on Bridge Street and Loftus Street 😬#sydneyweather #Sydney 02:44 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 50. Jacqui Kirk @jacquikdkirk Narrabeen, 6pm #sydneyrain #SydneyStorm #NSWFloods 07:35 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 51. Lainey @_LaineyMaree Please be safe everyone ❤️ #SydneyStorm 09:19 PM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite 52. Tara Pokarier @tara_pokarier These are the only photos I care about #SydneyStorm #SydneyWeather #AustralianBushfires 03:37 AM - 09 Feb 2020 Reply Retweet Favorite