NSW floods: man’s body found in south-west Sydney as rivers expected to reach major flood levels

Wet weather and flooding continues, with schools closed and residents ordered to evacuate as torrential rain falls on Sydney and already saturated catchments

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A man has died in flood waters in New South Wales, as dozens of evacuation orders remain in place for parts of south-west Sydney in anticipation of the Hawkesbury and Nepean rivers reaching major flood levels on Friday.

A police operation is underway to retrieve the man's body after he was found in a submerged vehicle at Cobbity, south-west of Sydney, shortly before 8am Friday.

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