NSW weather: significant flooding threat remains for parts of Sydney despite heavy rain easing

NSW premier says rising flood levels present ongoing danger for some communities, including in western Sydney

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Sydney may have woken up to blue skies on Saturday, but flood levels were continuing to rise across parts of New South Wales with evacuation orders issued after an overnight deluge broke rainfall records.

Suburbs on the city fringes were facing the threat of significant flooding after copping more than a month's worth of rain while a major landslip in the Blue Mountains left one community cut off.

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