Some coastal areas have been hit with more than 700mm of rainfall since last Thursday
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More than 18,000 people across NSW have been evacuated from their homes, as three crashing weather systems continue to deliver relentless rainfall and flooding across the state.
The New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, told reporters that around 15,000 mid-north coast residents had been evacuated, along with around 3,000 residents from western Sydney’s Nepean-Hawkesbury region.
