Following days of rainfall, Authorities in Australia have warned residents to brace for an influx of the deadly funnel-web spider, which is endemic to the Sydney region.
The Australian Reptile Park said deadly arachnids could look for shelter in homes to escape torrential rain and flooding in Sydney, triggering a plague of the world’s most venomous spiders.
Park director Tim Faulkner said in a statement that The upcoming warm weather and high levels of humidity was the perfect storm for a funnel-web spider boom in coming days
Sydney funnel-webs are widely feared for their notoriously toxic and fast-acting venom, with 13 recorded deaths from bites. However, No one is, believed to have died since an anti-venom programme was introduced in the early 1980s.
Persistent downpours have caused vast flooding in New South Wales state, with parts of suburban northwest Sydney still under water.
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