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Hundreds of residents have been evacuated in Cowra, Cooma and Goulburn and about 75 per cent of the state has been affected by the heavy rains. About 800 people from Cooma, including 69 from a nursing home, were ordered to leave this morning. The area had 50 millimetres of rain over the past six to 10 hours. Selected Images available from www.fairfaxsyndication.com. Follow us at http://twitter.com/photosSMH.
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Rossi Weir west of Goulburn.Credit:Goulburn Mulwaree Council
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Mulwaree Ponds and Wollondilly River.Credit:Goulburn Mulwaree Council
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Goulburn Golf Club underwater.Credit:Goulburn Mulwaree Council
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Water surges past the Marsden Flyover.Credit:Peter Oliver/Goulburn Mulwaree C
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Cooma in southern NSW.Credit:Andrew Meares
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Cooma Creek swells in southern NSW.Credit:Andrew Meares
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Motorists remove debris from the flooded Monaro Hwy at Bunyan near Cooma in southern NSW.Credit:Andrew Meares
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Commissioner Street, in the heart of Cooma.Credit:Cooma-Monaro Express
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A SES swift water rescue member prepares beside Cooma Creek.Credit:Andrew Meares
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Residents clear debris from fences along the Cooma Creek.Credit:Andrew Meares
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Dave Smith's driveway has been washed away by a tributary to the Back Cooma Creek.Credit:Andrew Meares
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A tributary to the Back Cooma Creek overflows through a front yard.Credit:Andrew Meares
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Floodwater in Ginninderra Creek flows under Ginninderra Drive near Charnwood, Queanbeyan.Credit:Stuart Walmsley
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Floodwater in Ginninderra Creek flows under Ginninderra Drive near Charnwood.Credit:Stuart Walmsley
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John Connelly watches water flow out of Lake Ginninderra in to Ginninderra Creek.Credit:Stuart Walmsley
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A low bridge is closed due to flooding in Queanbeyan.Credit:Katherine Griffiths
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Heavy rain on Wednesday and Thursday resulted in localised flooding around parts of Canberra and Queanbeyan and caused further delays on the Enlarged Cotter Dam construction site.Credit:Stuart Walmsley
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Two onlookers at a low bridge that was closed due to flooding in Queanbeyan.Credit:Katherine Griffiths
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Nepean River at Menangle and Douglas Park.Credit:Jonathan Ng
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Nepean River at Menangle and Douglas Park.Credit:Jonathan Ng