Thousands of people are being told to leave their homes in Sydney, Australia, after parts of the city had had eight months’ rain in just four days. Experts say they are caused by the La Nina weather pattern – made worse by climate change. Video chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 0:22 - Story 1:03 - Headline 1: The BBC: Australia floods: 50,000 on evacuation alert after deluge hits Sydney 2:28 – Headline 2: CNN: Sydney is flooded, again, as climate crisis becomes new normal for Australia's most populous state 3:42 - Headline 3: Evening Standard: Sydney floods ‘far from over’ as 50,000 face evacuation 5:13 - Language summary Key words and phrases deluge heavy and sudden fall of rain; large number of tasks at the same time * The storms brought a deluge. * After my holiday, I have a deluge of emails. new normal new way of doing things that is different from the old way * Working from home became the new normal because of Covid. * Extreme weather is the new normal. far from not at all * Home schooling during Covid was far from ideal. * The film was far from perfect but still entertaining. For a quiz and downloads, check out our website: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish/english/course/newsreview-2022/unit-1/session-26 Do you want to improve your English? SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for more videos: null Visit our website: www.bbclearningenglish.com Find us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/bbclearningenglish Find us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/bbcle Follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/bbclearningenglish.multimedia #learnenglish #sydney #floods