Wild wind to continue as major weather event moves off New South Wales coast
The SES said there was now a reduced threat level in Sydney, Wollongong and Ulladulla after they took the worst of the battering on Wednesday.
Ulladulla saw falls of 223 millimetres and 200 homes were flooded yesterday.
The SES said it responded to 1,442 incidents in the past 24 hours, two of which were flood rescues.
Emergency warnings for Sanctuary Point and Burrill Lake have also been downgraded.
Early on Thursday morning the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) warned areas around the Northern Tablelands and the Mid-North Coast could still expect winds up to 100 kilometres per hour.
The most severe winds occurred at Montague Island Lighthouse at about 1pm on Wednesday when gusts of 104kph were recorded.
Severe weather warnings have also been cancelled for the stretch of New South Wales spanning from Newcastle to the Illawarra region.
A coastal hazard warning for damaging surf still remains in place for huge swathes of the NSW coast.
Surf conditions are predicted to still be dangerous on Thursday, with waves potentially reaching up to 6 metres in height from everywhere from the Mid-North Coast to the Illawarra region.
Those conditions, according to BOM senior meteorologist Miriam Bradbury, are adding to the risk of coastal erosion.
"We've also got the possibility of inundation of low-lying areas — and some coastal erosion too — with those large waves, so it's going to be pretty rough out on the water," she told ABC Radio Sydney on Wednesday night.
As of Wednesday night, the NSW SES has maintained four emergency warnings, advising parts of Wamberal and North Entrance to evacuate now due to coastal erosion.
Twenty-seven separate warnings have also been issued by the state's emergency service, including five "watch and acts".
But while conditions are expected to continue easing, flooding will remain a risk over the coming days.
As of 1pm on Wednesday, minor flooding had been recorded at rivers across the state, including the Upper Coxs, Macdonald, Parramatta, Cooks, Clude, Tuross, Bega and Snowy rivers, according to the BOM.
Moderate flooding was also possible at the Sussex Inlet, near Jervis Bay, overnight, with the flood peaking occurring at Island Point Road, the BOM also said late on Wednesday.
Moderate flooding is also possible in the St Georges Basin at Sussex Inlet overnight into Thursday.
As of Wednesday night, the Warragamba dam was at 98 per cent capacity, with WaterNSW earlier in the day predicting there would be "moderate" spilling overnight.
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