NSW floods and weather: rain eases but chaos continues – live

Evacuation orders are in place for several areas around Sydney, with thousands of homes still without power after Sunday's rainfall. Follow all today's updates
" Sydney's Warragamba Dam levels surge to 62% capacity after torrential rain

4.04am GMT

After losing 20 of the town's 25 homes - Nerrigundah is now under water. One resident, while angry and sad, says "it's nice to have the ground washed". That's glass half full if I've ever seen it. pic.twitter.com/1D4pSzJ00f

3.49am GMT

89,000 people are still without power in NSW.

Power has been restored to 51,000 customers but 89,000 still remain without power, primarily in Sydney's north, northern beaches, eastern suburbs, south and south west; the Central Coast & Newcastle. Power outages will continue for the next few days as we recover from the storm pic.twitter.com/Wj0h54Kd0N