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Nearly 200 rescues have been made since Friday, authorities say

New South Wales, Queensland and Tasmania will be lashed with heavy rain and storms over the next 48 hours as emergency services prepare for difficult days ahead on the east coast.

South east Queensland and northern NSW will be hit by the brunt of the thunderstorms with up to 100mm set to fall across the region on Sunday.

Rainfall totals smash records; disaster declaration for 23 NSW LGAs; tens of thousands without power, subject to evacuation orders, warnings. Follow updates here.

Residents in low-lying parts of suburbs including Camden, Wallacia, Liverpool, Georges Hall, Chipping Norton, Lansvale and Moorebank have been told to get out before they are cut off by rising waters.

Residents in Sydney's southwest are under evacuation orders as New South Wales' southern and central coast areas continue ...

South-west Sydney is being warned to prepare for flooding similar to, or worse than, record floods earlier this year after the region received more than four times its usual July rainfall in a day.

Emergency services rushed to the scene at in Abbotsford, on the Parramatta River in Sydney just after 2.45pm on Sunday where they found man struggling to stay afloat.

NSW braces for more rain after a rough night; Sydney’s south-west is under evacuation orders; southern and central coast areas fight the deluge. Follow updates.

Residents in Sydney and northern NSW have been told to prepare for more flash flooding as an east coast low moves in on the state. Warning heavy rain on Monday could delay flood recovery efforts.