Authorities have asked thousands of residents in several suburbs in Sydney and around it to evacuate their homes overnight as a violent storm hit the city, with up to half a meter of rain expected in total.
Meteorologists said the worst weather was yet to come with the east coast dip due to approach the coast on Sunday and continue into Monday.
The expectation now is that the East Coast depression will have multiple centers of its own that could charge its impact.
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Major flooding occurs in North Richmond as river levels reach as high as the catastrophic flood event in March.
According to the Bureau of Meteorology, the level of the North Richmond River rose an astonishing 10 meters from midnight to Sunday afternoon.
River levels in the Nepian River in Menangel exceeded the flood height reached in the March 2022 flood event - 15.92 meters, and peaked just below the April 2022 flood height of 16.83 meters.
The latest information shows that the Nippen River in Camden Wear rose to 11.95 meters, while the Huxbury River in North Richmond recorded 10.46 meters.
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Meanwhile, areas such as the MacDonald River in St Albans and the Huxbury River in Sackville are currently flat.
There is currently a series of full or partial evacuation orders in place, affecting parts of Pleasure Point, the Bennetts Basin region, parts of Wallasia, parts of Woronora, parts of Camden, parts of Morbank, parts of Shipping Norton and Warwick Farm, parts of Liverpool, and parts From Lanceville and George Hall in the Petit Parade.
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