People from the Hawkesbury, Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Wollongong and beyond are continuing the clean-up following widespread flooding over the weekend after receiving more than a month’s rain in 24 hours on Friday. The deluge is thought to have claimed the life of a man in Sydney and led to at least 160 rescues as emergency services received thousands of calls. Thousands more were evacuated in the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, with more than 80 flood warnings still in place, and about 150 people were stranded after a landslide cut off road access in the Blue Mountains. Sydney’s Warragamba Dam reached capacity and began spilling over – meaning more water flowed into already flooded areas. State and federal disaster assistance funding has been made available to people whose homes have been destroyed, which NSW Premier Chris Minns says will help people “get back on their feet”.