The widespread rain could see Sydney smash its 1950 rain record of 2,194mm, with the city's total sitting just 38mm shy of the mark.
NSW SES Assistant Commissioner Sean Kearns said the volunteer-based organisation received over 240 calls for assistance overnight, with 120 of those from metropolitan Sydney.
NSW SES Assistant Commissioner Sean Kearns said the SES received over 240 calls for assistance overnightAsst Comm. Kearns said the SES would be focusing on western parts of the state and inland river systems over the coming days. The SES will be focusing on western parts of the state and inland river systems over the coming days. Jane Dempster/The Australian.
“We’ve got the SES command centre in Wollongong working 24/7 at present, we've got incident control centres established at Wagga down in the south of the state, Dubbo in the west," Ms Cooke said.
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