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Emergency services have spent a fifth day searching for Charlise Mutten, who was reported missing from a Mt Wilson estate last Friday.
More than 40mm of rain is expected in the area over the next 24 hours, making the search even more challenging.
The bushland in Mt Wilson is dense and steep with the rain making the area muddy and slippery meaning the crews can only search for the girl slowly.
Some volunteers have also been forced into COVID-19 isolation.
Charlise was last seen at ‘Wilderstein’, a sprawling estate in Mt Wilson owned by the family of her mother’s fiancé, Justin Stein.
Neighbours have told police they saw a car driving through the gates of the property at 4.30am on Friday, just hours before Charlise was reported missing.
Charlise’s mother, Kallista Mutten, told police her daughter disappeared on Thursday but didn’t contact them until Friday morning.
That afternoon, Mr Stein spent several hours talking to police at Penrith, with his car towed in a nearby street while he was at the station.
The next day, police seized a white boat from the property Charlise was last seen, before searching the Hawkesbury River on Sunday.
The little girl, who lives on the Gold Coast with her maternal grandparents, was visiting her mother for the school holidays.
The Homicide Squad is heavily involved in the investigation.
Charlise was last seen wearing a pink top with a round-neck collar, a black knee-length skirt and pink Nike thongs.
Source: 9News
