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Thousands more evacuate homes in Sydney even as heavy rains ease

A wild storm system has moved away from Sydney after pounding Australia's largest city with four days of torrential rain, satellite images showed on Wednesday, although river waters stayed above danger levels, forcing more evacuations.

Reuters

NSW floods updates: High tide pushes up water levels on NSW Central Coast after downpour — as it happened

Residents on the NSW Central Coast say the flooding they experienced on Wednesday was the worst they have ever seen — as it happened.

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Animal rescuers race to reach pets, livestock stranded in Sydney floods

From kangaroos to dogs and cats, there are fears hundreds of animals may have drowned in floods in Sydney's north-west as rescuers bring surviving native wildlife, pets, and livestock to safety.

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More major warnings issued as focus turns to mid-north coast – as it happened

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High cost of flood insurance keeping Windsor and Wilberforce residents under water

Any other day, Ted Kelleher will rave about his neighbourhood in flood-affected Greater Sydney. But as flood waters rise, he is taking fresh stock of the home he loves.

ABC News

Flood-weary residents assess the damage after Sydney's recent deluge

Sydney resident Kevin has endured four floods in his home within the last six months. His yard is filled with filthy debris and he points to grime on the walls of his house up to the height of his shoulders caused by the flood waters.

Reuters

‘Patently ridiculous’: State government failures have exacerbated Sydney’s flood disaster

We’ve known about flood risk to the region for a long time. Yet successive state governments have failed to properly mitigate its impact.

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Thousands more evacuate from Sydney as region receives same rainfall in four days that London gets in a year

This is the fourth flood emergency to hit the city in 16 months

The Independent UK

‘They shouldn’t have built houses here’: navigating disaster in the flood waters of Sydney’s north-west

Windsor locals watching rising water swallow roads and houses for the third time this year struggle with the dilemma of rebuilding or relocating

The Guardian - AU

Sydney floods: Thousands evacuated as 12 months of rain falls in days causing mayhem

Parts of Sydney in Australia have been submerged as a storm front dumped 30 inches of rain in three days causing severe flooding as residents are warned to prepare for evacuation

Daily Mirror

Sydney floods ‘far from over’ as 50,000 face evacuation

Australia’s largest city is braced for further days of trouble despite positive weather forecast.

Evening Standard

Industrial action to continue across Sydney rail's network causing delays for commuters

Sydney commuters will face further rail delays with trains operating at 60 per cent capacity for the rest of the week.

ABC News

Sydney Floods Burden 50,000 around Australia’s Largest City

Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia’s largest city in a flood emergency that was causing trouble for 50,000 people, officials said Tuesday. Emergency response teams made 100 rescues overnight of people trapped in cars on flooded roads or in inundated homes in the Sydney area, State…

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‘Scariest floods’ force more evacuations in Australia’s Sydney

Flood crisis worsens in Australia’s largest city, parts of which have seen 3 rounds of flooding in a year and a half.

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Sydney flood crisis expected to worsen fruit and vegetable price hike

Soaring vegetable prices could be here to stay for some time, with the New South Wales flood crisis just the latest in a round of hits driving grocery bills sky-high.

The Guardian - AU

Explaining the ‘unusually extreme’ rain and weather that caused Sydney’s fourth major flood in two years

Jury still out on role played by global heating, but hotter ocean temperatures off Australia could have fuelled the NSW storms

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'Patently ridiculous': state government failures have exacerbated Sydney's flood disaster

For the fourth time in 18 months, floodwaters have inundated homes and businesses in Western Sydney’s Hawkesbury-Nepean Valley. Recent torrential rain is obviously the immediate cause. But poor decisions by successive New South Wales governments have exacerbated the damage.

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Chris Dawson used 'window of quiet seclusion' to dispose of murdered wife's body, court told

A court is told former Sydney teacher Chris Dawson allegedly used an "engineered window of quiet seclusion" to dispose of his murdered wife's body after four separate plans to leave her failed.

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The Guardian - AU

Record rainfall displaces 50,000 people as Sydney’s wild weather moves north

Parts of New South Wales have had more than 700mm of rain since the floods hit, with record July rainfall in a matter of days

The Guardian - AU

See the NSW floods’ record-breaking rainfall in charts and a Sydney flood map

These interactive graphics show the extent of the heavy rain causing flooding in eastern NSW

AAP

Treloar, English set for Swans AFL clash

Western Bulldogs coach Luke Beveridge is confident onballer Adam Treloar and ruckman Tim English will play in Friday's must-win game against Sydney.

Reuters

Australia floods worsen as thousands more flee Sydney homes

Torrential rains kept battering Australia's east coast on Tuesday, intensifying the flood crisis in Sydney as thousands more residents were ordered to leave their homes after rivers swiftly rose past danger levels.

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Sydney floods impact 45,000 around Australia's largest city

Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia's largest city in a flood emergency that was threatening 45,000 people

Newcastle Herald

Hunter man breaks record on Great North Walk run

'It's definitely good for the mind and soul.'

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Bulk carrier stranded off Sydney drifts further north after tugboat cable snaps in rough seas

Poor conditions overnight have thwarted rescue attempts as MV Portland Bay is anchored off Cronulla. Rescuers hope the ship can be towed in to nearby Port Botany once conditions ease, possibly on Wednesday.

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