Illawarra receives the highest daily rainfall since October

Kate McIlwain
Updated January 20 2020 - 7:12am, first published January 18 2020 - 10:00am
Creek flow: On Friday, council staff attended Puckey's Beach lagoon to assess whether it needed to be opened manually due to heavy rain. Picture: Anna Warr.
Creek flow: On Friday, council staff attended Puckey's Beach lagoon to assess whether it needed to be opened manually due to heavy rain. Picture: Anna Warr.

The Illawarra received more rainfall than it's seen in more than three months at the end of last week, causing some minor flooding problems due to the runoff across dry ground.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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