A river in Sydney's southwest is overflowing after heavy rainfall across the city.
Waters are continuing to rise on the Nepean River in Menangle, near Campbelltown, with a flood warning in place and motorists urged to avoid the area if possible. The river is expected to peak this afternoon at 6.4 metres and residents in low-lying areas along the Nepean are on alert.
The dangerous conditions are a result of a torrential downpour that has continued to pummel Australia's east coast in recent days.
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To the west of Sydney, the downpour caused a landslide on the Great Western Highway between Victoria Falls Road and Harley Avenue this morning.
Traffic in both directions was banked up and motorists are still facing delays.
The SES has been kept busy in both states with dozens of callouts to tree falls and property damage.
The intense weather means hazardous surf warnings are in place along the NSW coastline with a coastal trough and low creating dangerous conditions which are generating gusty winds, rain & large surf in eastern NSW, & heavy showers in eastern Victoria.
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Weatherzone meteorologists say troughs over parts of WA and SA are triggering showers & the odd storm as well.
It is mostly dry and settled elsewhere with a high pressure system and a dry airmass keeping skies reasonably clear across the rest of the country.
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