Almost 30,000 returning to flood-hit homes, but emergency not over

LIVE: NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet is providing a weather and flood update alongside the NSW SES Deputy Commissioner Damien Johnston. LATEST: 9News

Almost 30,000 western Sydney residents will be allowed to return home today to begin the long process of yet another post-flood clean-up.

NSW Emergency Services Minister Steph Cooke on Wednesday warned the state's flood disaster was far from over as the rain moved north, even as floodwaters began to recede in Sydney. A local pub in the region, the Wollombi Tavern, is just one of the many businesses impacted by the floodwaters after the Wollombi Creek peaked at over 14 metres this morning.

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