Australia weather: towns evacuated amid flash flooding warnings for NSW south coast and ACT

SES orders parts of Moruya, Nowra and Captains Flat to evacuate as kayaker in Canberra dies and 400 calls for help come from Sydney and Blue Mountains

Several New South Wales south coast communities were on high alert on Monday morning as river levels continued to rise and towns evacuated.

The body of a kayaker was found in swollen river waters in southern Canberra on Sunday. He became separated from a group on the Murrumbidgee River near Canberra about 2pm on Sunday, after his boat became stuck under a bridge.