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More than 200mm of rain was recorded in parts of Greater Sydney overnight, the Bureau of Meteorology has reported.
Just before midnight, flood evacuation orders were issued for eastern parts of Vineyard, parts of Mulgrave and Mulgrave South and McGraths Hill while residents at Chipping Norton were told to leave just before 10pm. Osbourne said the SES has now responded to over 5000 requests for assistance since the start of the flood event.‘Extremely distressing’: Natural disaster declared in 23 local government areas
The affected local government areas are Blacktown, Blue Mountains, Camden, Canterbury Bankstown, Campbelltown, Central Coast, Cessnock, Fairfield, Georges River, Hawkesbury, Hornsby, Kiama, Lithgow, Liverpool, Northern Beaches, Penrith, Shellharbour, Shoalhaven, Sutherland, The Hills, Wingecarribee, Wollondilly and Wollongong.
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