224mm deluge: Record rainfall smashes NSW

Email Almost three-times an average month’s worth of rain has fallen in 24 hours on a south coast town. And while the weather pattern is easing, the SES has warned the “we aren’t out of the woods yet”. Read the latest information in our live blog.

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