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Residents from dozens of areas across western Sydney have been ordered to leave today as three major rivers burst their banks in another “life threatening” flood emergency.
This morning, there are 67 flood evacuation orders in place across New South Wales, and a further 66 evacuation warnings.
As the Hawkesbury, Nepean and Colo rivers continued to swell, by Sunday afternoon some had already risen higher than the devastating inundations earlier this year.
The SES has so far carried out 92 flood rescues, and there have been 1700 calls for help. Camden, Wallacia and Windsor are in the firing line this morning.
The Bureau of Meteorology warns the flooding will be even worse than March last year in some spots.