Thousands flee homes as floodwaters rise across Sydney - 9News

Sydney is in the grips of a new weather emergency with thousands of people fleeing their homes in the city's west overnight as heavy rain sparked more flooding.

The SES has issued evacuation orders for parts of East Hills, Chipping Norton, Georges Hall, Holsworthy, Lansvale, Milperra, Moorebank, Warwick Farm, Pleasure Point, Picnic Point, Croki, and Camden.

Camden is at risk of being cut off by rising waters, with the Nepean River sitting at 11.5 metres before 6am on Tuesday - and forecast to rise up to two metres further.

Evacuation orders have been issued for suburbs throughout Sydney as floodwaters rise. (9News)

SES volunteers responded to 841 calls for help overnight, including 73 flood rescues.

The rain was so intense it caused the roof of a supermarket in Hurstville to collapse.

Further south, the Illawarra is bracing for up to 200mm of rain to hit today after already copping a drenching yesterday, and overnight.

The Bureau of Meteorology has issued severe weather warnings for the NSW coast, amid warnings of a deepening low moving through the state's east.

Camden risks being cut off as the Nepean River swells. (9News)

"That means we've got increasing concerns from the Central Coast all the way down to the Illawarra area, extending well inland as well to the Blue Mountains, the Illawarra, Shoalhaven and the Sydney metropolitan area," the BoM's Dean Narramore said.

"Of particular concern are the already saturated catchments we have from the Hunter all the way down to the Hawkesbury-Nepean River and even in towards the Shoalhaven and Wollongong areas as well."

Flooding will be "highly dependent on where the heaviest falls occur", Mr Narramore said.

The clean-up is continuing in NSW's north. (Janie Barrett)

More than 1000 Defence Force troops are heading to northern NSW today to help with the flood clean-up.

They'll join the 630 personnel already on the ground.

Premier Dominic Perrottet yesterday conceded there had been a lot of anger and frustration in the region, with communities feeling isolated during the crisis.

He warned the recovery process would take "weeks, months, and years".

Epic clean-up begins in flooded Queensland and NSW

Mr Perrottet is set to return to the flood-battered Northern Rivers region today.

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