The Bega Valley was hit with very welcome rains this week, and our readers were there to capture the event on camera.
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The rains began on Saturday night and continued to Tuesday, resulting in roads being closed and lakes being opened to the ocean.
Over the seven days to Wednesday, the Bureau of Meteorology recorded 120mm of rain had fallen in Bega.
Merimbula received 105mm while Bermagui, which is recorded at Narooma, was hit with 192mm.
Wallaga Lake hit a high of 1.54metres about 7pm on Monday, while Bega River reached about 4.62metres at Bega North and Brogo River reached 5.99metres at Angledale early on Tuesday morning.
Scroll down for videos of the flooding as well as what rainfall our readers recorded at their homes.
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Readers' rainfall report on Tuesday
190 mls at Wallaga Lake.
182mm at Kalaru!
149ml in our rain gauge at Kalaru this morning.
158.75mm of rain at the top of Tathra.
143mm so far at our place at Kiah.
Albert McKnight
Journalist at Bega District News.
Journalist at Bega District News.
