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Saturated catchments have received more heavy rain overnight and water levels on the Hawkesbury River are heading towards levels not seen since the major floods of 2021.

The NSW State Emergency Service issues dozens of flood evacuation orders and warnings as torrential rain hits the state. Conditions are expected to deteriorate as an east coast low continues to develop off the coast.

SES warns of flash flooding, overflowing rivers and coastal erosion with torrential rain forecast across the Illawarra, South Coast and Southern Highlands until Tuesday.

The severe weather hitting NSW is expected to deteriorate over the next 24 to 48 hours, bringing strong winds, sea swells and flash flooding, as residents in the Hawkesbury-Nepean area are warned to prepare to evacuate.

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Sydneysiders are on high alert for possible flash flooding and landslips, after the weather bureau issued a severe warning for heavy rainfall from Saturday.

Forecasters are warning NSW residents to brace for hundreds of millimetres of rain, flooding and possible landslips as a dangerous system forms over the coast.

At noon on Friday, the Bureau of Meteorology issued a flood watch warning for the Hunter.

The Northern Rivers and south-east Queensland are expected avoid the heaviest falls, but residents in other areas are being urged to prepare as the weather system bears down from the north.

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