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Aerial images show south-west Sydney suburbs before and after July flood disaster

Several homes were threatened when floodwaters peaked in March.  (Supplied: Nearmap)

Aerial images have captured the impact of parts of New South Wales that were ravaged by floods a week ago.

Nearmap has released images of sites in Sydney's south-west near Warragamba Dam, taken as the region faced its second flooding disaster this year.

The images were captured by planes with aerial camera systems attached, showing the locations on June 15 and again on July 7, after floodwaters began to recede and the weather system moved north.

In Brownlow Hill, west of Campbelltown, rising floodwaters prompted authorities to close bridges across the Nepean River.

Nearby in Greendale, parts of the river widened its banks after damaging properties on the border.

The floodwater spilled over onto properties that had only just recovered from March's disaster.

In Harrington Park, floodwaters swallowed creeks that backed onto dozens of residences.

In Camden, vegetation and crops that were thriving only weeks earlier were destroyed.

The aerial images captured the water surging in the Warragamba River on February 18 before this year's floods, and again on July 7.

Images from the same locations, taken on March 9 during the state's first flooding disaster this year, show roads and paddocks engulfed by record floodwaters. 

A bridge near Brownlow Hill was completely underwater during March's record-breaking floods. (Supplied: Nearmap)
The river near Greendale broke its banks in March and threatened nearby properties. (Supplied: Nearmap)
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