NSW floods: evacuated Sydney residents told to stay away as water recedes and cleanup begins

Seven townships around Hawkesbury River remain evacuated as SES warns flood water can contain sewage, debris and dead animals
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Evacuation orders remain in place for seven north-west Sydney towns impacted by last week’s flooding as New South Wales’s cleanup effort begins in earnest.

The State Emergency Service said evacuated residents of Pitt Town North, Pitt Town Bottoms, Cornwallis, North Richmond, Agnes Banks, Gronos Point and Freemans Reach should not return until authorities give the all-clear.

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