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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Elias Visontay

More flash flooding and severe weather warnings for NSW as heavy rain returns

People pictured walking in the rain in the Sydney CBD
There is an increased risk of flash floods due to the ground already being saturated with rain from previous downpours. Photograph: Damian Shaw/AAP

Rain has returned to large swathes of New South Wales with multiple flash flooding and severe weather warnings in place over the next three days, as Sydney records five times as much rain as London in the past six months.

Six-hourly rainfall totals could reach 140mm in parts of the NSW south coast on Wednesday afternoon, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.

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