NSW flooding: state pounded by rain as residents along Hawkesbury brace for worst event in 50 years

Floodwaters expected to inundate places such as Windsor, Pitt Town, North Richmond, Freemans Reach and Colo

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Communities along the Hawkesbury River in New South Wales are bracing for once-in-a-generation flooding that could displace residents and disrupt utilities for months.

The Bureau of Meteorology expected Monday to bring the worst flooding event to the area north-west of Sydney since November 1961, nearly 50 years ago.

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