NSW floods: weather eases but major flooding still occurring across state

Some 60,000 people told to be ready to evacuate, while others are allowed to return home

Residents in one part of the mid New South Wales north coast have been allowed to return home as emergency services warn some of the state's rivers will remain swollen into the weekend and flooding still poses a risk.

Areas of continued concern include Moree in the NSW north-west, the Upper Hunter around Singleton, Grafton, parts of the Central Coast and the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment north-west of Sydney.