Rising rivers force more Sydney flood evacuations as rain eases

A man was found dead after his car was swept away by floodwaters in the city's southwest, police said, while television footage showed submerged roads and inundated homes and businesses.

"Whilst the rainfall has started to ease in most places, we do expect to see those river levels continue to rise for some time before they start to ease back over the next 12 to 24 hours," New South Wales emergency services acting commissioner Daniel Austin told a media briefing. Many residents in the city's western suburbs, who were asked to evacuate in early March, were ordered to move out again this week. More than 4,000 residents are facing flood evacuations.

Sydney, which recorded its wettest March on record, received around 170 mm of rain on Thursday, official data showed.

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