Well, what do I do here? I can't walk away from a building. I own it. You know, my superannuation

fun is and I can't just get up and move everything to somewhere else.

The East Coast of Australia has experienced its fourth flooding in 18 months. A country

famous for sunshine, beaches and deserts, is being deluge by torrential downpours.

This is more than just rain. We've been not even 24 hours. It started on Friday

morning, was it? By Friday night, we were under and it usually takes a week of

constant, constant, constant rain and we still don't flood.

This time's Sydney and the northern part of the state of New South Wales have

seen the worst of the floods. Many of those bearing the brunt are still

suffering from past experiences. I haven't basically picked the house back out

from last time. I haven't renovated it and got doors on the house.

I've been to my mate's funeral, I've actually drowned. I've buried my mother's

animals who drowned. And then I got to pick up the pieces like we almost slipped

and drowned. We spent on the roof five hours like watching this carnage.

You're listening to stories of our times, from the times and the Sunday times.

I'm Jenny Cleeman. Today, Australia's climate crisis, floods, fires and

fatalities.

I thought I'd ask a long time Sydney resident to explain to us what it's been like.

I'm Bernard Lagan of the Australian correspondent for the Times.

Tell us, Bernard, what has been happening in Sydney?

We have had an exceptional amount of rain.

This is running down from the rivers and around the corner.

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