‘Be prepared for many days of isolation’: emergency services urge NSW residents in flood-prone areas to evacuate

Rain easing but SES says risk to communities remains as wet weather causes Warragamba Dam to spill for third month running

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Some New South Wales residents told to flee rising flood waters have been given the all-clear to return as heavy rainfall, which caused a major dam to spill, eases and water levels recede.

Spills had slowed from Warragamba Dam late on Saturday but more than a dozen riverside communities had been warned the flooding emergency remained.

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