Flood Warnings on East Coast as Clean up Begins in NSW

Residents confer beside a boulder which came loose after a landslide cut off Lawrence Hargrave Drive at Coalcliff in Wollongong, Australia, on April 6, 2024, after heavy rain lashed the eastern coast, causing flash flooding and a string of emergency warnings up and down the Pacific coast. Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images

Several Sydney communities have been flooded following intense downpours, as southeast Queensland braces for heavy rain.

Further river rises and moderate to major flooding is expected along the Hawkesbury River, northwest of Sydney, into Sunday morning after the week ended with 200mm across much of the catchment.