Residents across Sydney’s south,north and west have been told to leave their homes,while thousands more have been warned they might need to evacuate due to floods.
The flood-ravaged city of Lismore has been evacuated and Byron Bay’s main street is under water following more drenching rain in northern NSW.
The deluge has killed at least two people and forced thousands to abandon their homes. But the weather is starting to look up.
Sussex Inlet has been told to evacuate now as a woman’s body was found by police in a stormwater canal in Sydney’s west.
Lismore’s mayor says the flood disaster will change the city forever and if it doesn’t change it won’t survive.
Sydney dodged a bullet as the much-feared “rain bomb” spared the city but the crisis continues to unfold for some communities in the state’s north.
Torrential rain from a major east coast low continues to batter Sydney and surrounds,causing major flooding of the Nepean,Hawkesbury and Georges rivers.
Sydneysiders are bracing for the worst on Wednesday,with forecasters escalating weather warnings before torrential rainfall expected from a major east coast low.
Follow our live coverage of the record-breaking floods as governments respond to the natural disaster,rescue teams try to assist residents and forecasters warn of further rain.
Eight people have died and one man is feared dead due to heavy floods across Queensland and NSW.
The Bureau of Meteorology cancelled its severe weather warning for areas across the state,but the danger is not over yet as crews begin to mop up.