Is NSW flooding a year after bushfires yet more evidence of climate change?

Experts say it’s unusual to see so many places with such high rainfall across such a wide area. But identifying the cause is complicatedTuesday – Australia floods live updates: NSW and Qld weather warnings, heavy rain and road closuresNSW flooding: disaster zones declared as 18,000 people evacuatedHow three weather systems are crashing togetherLife-threatening floods have washed away homes and businesses with a deluge of rain inundating hundreds of kilometres of the New South Wales coast.Falling on already soaked soils, the rains sparked dozens of flood warnings, with residents in parts of Sydney’s north and west also fearing for their homes and their lives. Related: NSW floods bring new misery to community devastated by black summer bushfires Related: Australia's summer the wettest in four years amid cooling La Niña Related: ‘Horrific’: swarms of spiders flee into homes – and up legs – to escape NSW floods Continue reading...