Authorities have issued an urgent warning for millions of Australians as damaging winds of up to 100km/h continue to cause widespread havoc along the east coast.
Residents in low-lying parts of suburbs including Camden, Wallacia, Liverpool, Georges Hall, Chipping Norton, Lansvale and Moorebank have been told to get out before they are cut off by rising waters.
Emergency services rushed to the scene at in Abbotsford, on the Parramatta River in Sydney just after 2.45pm on Sunday where they found man struggling to stay afloat.
Thousands of residents across NSW have been told to evacuate their homes as the state is smashed with a heavy deluge meteorologists warn will intensify further.