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Storms have began clearing from parts of Australia's east coast but the wild weather isn't over yet with gale force winds and flash flooding still expected.
The SES has issued four evacuation orders across New South Wales as rising floodwaters threaten to cut off homes in areas of Sydney's north-west, Central West and Riverina as heavy rainfall lashes the state.
Sydney has been spared the worst of the wild weather but rural and regional NSW was “on edge” late on Sunday after heavy rain and flash flooding.
The state will be buffeted by strong winds in the last gasp of a weather system that delivered a deluge of rain overnight, sparking evacuations, 21 flood rescues and more than 650 calls for assistance.
Emergency services responded to 343 requests for assistance overnight, 21 of those being flood rescues.