NSW floods: Sydney and Illawarra dodge east coast low after 500,000 people faced evacuation across state
by Peter Hannam from Environment | The Guardian on (#5WPCN)
Newcastle and Hunter region now in firing line and subject to severe weather warnings as clean-up begins further north
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Sydney and the Illawarra region of New South Wales have avoided the worst effects of the devastating east coast low that instead eased and shifted west over Newcastle and the Hunter region.
Newcastle remains under a severe weather warning with falls of 60 to 100mm possible over six hours and the associated risk of flash flooding.
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