NSW weather: flooding eases on south coast but many residents yet to return home

Roads remain waterlogged and drivers warned to be careful as river levels fall

Hundreds of residents on the New South Wales south coast are waiting for the all-clear to return home as river levels fall and flooding eases after heavy rain and wild weather.

After three days of damaging surf battering the state, a marine wind warning remains in place on Tuesday on the Byron, Coffs and Macquarie coasts in the north.