Damaging wind warning for NSW east coast after thousands flee homes as flooding swamps Sydney
by Peter Hannam from Environment | The Guardian on (#5WWYW)
There are 60 evacuation orders in place due to floods as residents from the Hunter to the Victorian border are warned of more severe weather to come
About 40,000 residents in eastern New South Wales remain under evacuation orders on Wednesday morning as a dangerous weather system is predicted to stir damaging winds before drifting off into the Tasman Sea.
The State Emergency Service has 60 evacuation orders in place and a further 27 areas under warnings. The last of the orders was issued late on Tuesday as heavy rain from an east coast low pelted Sydney and regions further south to Shoalhaven and beyond.
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