Hundreds of NSW residents remain under evacuation orders on the first day of school holidays, with forecasts warning saturated catchments will take days to dry off.
Heavy falls eased across much of NSW on Friday but minor flooding is likely to continue in parts of Greater Sydney throughout the weekend and several more days' of rain is expected to settle in again from Tuesday.
River rises were still being observed along the Hawkesbury-Nepean system into Saturday and evacuation orders remained across at least 10 low-lying suburbs.
