NSW and Queensland rain and floods set to continue amid warning of weekend of severe storms
Residents living in Wisemen's Ferry, 75km north-west of Sydney, are the latest to receive evacuation orders from the State Emergency Services on Friday.
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Residents living in Wisemen's Ferry, 75km north-west of Sydney, are the latest to receive evacuation orders from the State Emergency Services on Friday.
Entire towns in south-east Queensland and north NSW were inundated in the past two weeks, while 200,000 residents in Sydney's outer west alone have been forced to evacuate.
Sydney locals were frustrated by forecasters pushing back the time when the storm would strike - first predicted for 6pm on Tuesday, but didn't arrive until about 12pm on Wednesday.
Thousands of residents have been ordered to evacuate after a massive 'rain bomb' exploded on Sydney and surrounding regions.
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