Flood warnings are in place for Hawkesbury-Nepean, while an east coast low is moving towards the Hunter region, bringing damaging winds and high surf
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About half a million people in New South Wales are under evacuation orders or warnings as the wild weather system that has battered parts of eastern Australia for a week homes in on the greater Sydney region.
Steph Cooke, NSW’s emergency service minister, said the state had 76 evacuation orders in place, affecting 200,000 people, with a further 18 evacuation warnings covering about 300,000.
