Sydney faces flash flooding, up to 70mm rainfall in six hours

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Several of NSW’s river systems are experiencing major flooding, with warnings of flash flooding across large parts of the state.

featuring heavy showers, thunderstorms and strong winds continues to soak NSW, with 20 severe weather warnings current across the state.

Six hourly totals of 30-50 millimetres are predicted for the Central Tablelands and Hunter regions as well as metropolitan Sydney, with isolated areas expected to cop up to 70mm.Damaging winds are also likely across Sydney and along the Illawarra coast into Sunday, with peak gusts of more than 90km/h.

Supercars enthusiasts camping at the Bathurst 1000 have been warned of stormy and potentially dangerous conditions, with heavy dumps threatening at Mount Panorama on Saturday and Sunday.

 

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