Here's what you need to know this morning.
Residents given all clear to return home
Hundreds more residents in flood-affected parts of Sydney and the north of the state have been given the all clear to return to their properties.
In the wake of last week's deluge, the State Emergency Service (SES) has told people across much of the Hawkesbury that it is now safe to return home, including parts of Lower Portland and Gronos Point.
However, there are still two evacuation orders in place affecting around 250 people in the Pitt Town Bottoms area in Sydney, and around the Bungawalbin area in the State's north.
There is also still an evacuation warning in place for Stuarts Point and the surrounding region on the State's Mid North Coast.
An SES spokesperson says things have now moved into "recovery stage" with damage assessments being carried out as residents return home to survey the impact of the latest round of flooding.
New push to prevent drownings
Lifesaving authorities will expand the number of languages water safety messages are published in to address the high number of foreign-born people drowning in Australia.
Ahead of two consecutive long weekends, the Royal Life Saving Society has added 11 more languages to a safety campaign targeting multicultural communities.
Data released by the society shows 725 people born overseas have died in Australian waters in the past 10 years.
Chief executive Justin Scarr said we were seeing "too many" drownings of people from multicultural backgrounds, adding some who were born overseas came with little experience around the water.
He said almost a fifth of drownings last summer came on public holidays, while men were considered most at risk.
"This campaign has been designed to make it easier for people to access water safety information," he said.
"The safety messages focus on simple tips for families and communities to be safer when swimming, fishing and boating."
The additional languages to have written and audio safety messages include Bengali, Burmese, Farsi, Hindi, Korean, Kurdish, Swahili and Vietnamese.
Funding boost for flood-hit wildlife carers
The NSW Wildlife Council has released $48,000 in funds for volunteer wildlife carers whose facilities have been impacted by the state's flood crisis.
Volunteers' abilities to nurse injured and orphaned wildlife such as joeys, wombats, flying foxes, marine reptiles and birds have been decimated by flooding, which has damaged pens, burrows, fencing and aviaries.
Council chair Audrey Koosmen said donations from the public were being used to fund repairs for the worst-hit carers in the state.
"The public donated generously to the NWC Emergency Fund to support our work with wildlife and these donations will go where the public expects them to go — to directly benefit native animals needing our help," she said.
The council supports 4,000 volunteers who are trained to look after wildlife, with many animals also injured by consecutive floods across NSW.
