Evacuations were in place in dozens of areas along the Hawkesbury River, ranging from Agnes Banks to Lower Portland.
The State Emergency Service was notified of 297 incidents overnight and carried out 13 flood rescue operations.
There are still more than 30 watch-and-action warnings and additional council-level warnings across the state.
As of 6.30am today, 12 disaster level warnings were still in place.
The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) had a “minor to major flood warning” in place for both the Hawkesbury and Nepean rivers.
Several other rivers, including for the Shoalhaven River, Hastings River, Cooks River and St Georges Basin, had minor flood warnings in place.
However, some good news is that the BoM has lifted a severe weather warning that affected millions in the Illawarra and South Coast forecast areas.
The weather is expected to clear over the King’s Birthday long weekend, with Saturday being cloudy and raining mainly along the coast.
Both Sunday and Monday are expected to be mostly sunny with temperatures around 19 and 20 degrees, with rain returning briefly on Tuesday.
