Warragamba Dam disaster warning: downpour now could 'devastate' western Sydney

By Rick Feneley
Updated August 27 2015 - 5:08pm, first published 5:03pm
Warragamba Dam during an earlier spill.
Warragamba Dam during an earlier spill.
Water flows over the Warragamba Dam spillway on Thursday. Photo: Nick Moir
Water flows over the Warragamba Dam spillway on Thursday. Photo: Nick Moir
Warragamba spillway releases water into the Hawkesbury-Nepean river system on Thursday Photo: Nick Moir
Warragamba spillway releases water into the Hawkesbury-Nepean river system on Thursday Photo: Nick Moir

The spill of water over the Warragamba Dam wall on Thursday morning should serve as an urgent warning: much of western Sydney would be devastated by flood if there was another major downpour now.

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