More than one metre of rain has fallen across parts of south-east Queensland and north-east NSW over the past week. The low is moving south, bringing up to 150mm of rain and winds of up to 90km/h.
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Sydney is bracing for more heavy rain and possible flooding in the next 48 hours as thousands of residents in northern NSW and south-east Queensland remain cut off.