Daniel Ricciardo will auction off a specially-designed helmet to raise funds for the victims of the floods that have devastated New South Wales and Queensland. The helmet will then be auctioned off, with the profits donated to floods relief efforts across Australia. Torrential downpours continued to pummel Australia’s east coast on Thursday, with Sydney receiving almost a month of rain overnight. According to Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology, 48 inches of rain (1,227 millimeters) have fallen on Sydney in the first four months of the year. By comparison, the New South Wales capital receives an average of 47.5 inches of rainfall over the course of an entire year.

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