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Good evening. It's Thursday, March 3. Here's what's been happening today. 

One thing you need to know right now: The severe weather warning for Sydney has been cancelled

• The severe weather warnings for Sydney, the Illawarra and Central Tablelands have been cancelled by the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).
• A BOM update said heavy rain could continue to fall over parts of the Mid-North Coast and Hunter, but rainfall totals have been downgraded to a possible 60 to 100 millimetres. Damaging wind gusts are also possible along the coast in those areas.