NSW floods as it happened: Two bodies found in stormwater canal in Sydney’s west as weather worsens across state; evacuation orders issued across city, South Coast

That's all for today. Thank you for reading our live flood coverage. Here are some of the main headlines:

• Sydney’s record-busting deluge has killed at least two people, forced thousands to abandon their homes and will trigger a sharp climb in insurance claims, as authorities warn of a new danger to the city on Wednesday from gale-force winds. The Hawkesbury River is still rising and has exceeded flood levels from March 2021 at North Richmond, Windsor, Sackville, Lower Portland and Wisemans Ferry. Peaks are expected overnight and into Wednesday. View our photo gallery from a wild day.
• Shock has now turned to fury for some residents of the flooded northern NSW town of Woodburn, who feel they have been abandoned by authorities and left to fend for themselves for too long. Eight days after the town began disappearing underwater, army boots have finally hit the ground. But it’s still mainly residents and volunteers leading the clean-up.
• The NSW government will encourage people to move away from floodplains by offering subsidies such as stamp duty concessions as deputy police commissioner Mal Lanyon is tasked with driving northern NSW’s recovery.
• And after days... and days... and days... of rain the sun should finally poke out from behind the clouds on Thursday.

We'll be back again in the morning as the clean-up continues. Goodnight.

Commuters using trains to get home on Tuesday night amid the torrential rain are not the only ones facing major disruptions. A number of bus routes have also been impacted by flooding.

In North Manly, buses have been diverting away from Pittwatter Road via Condamine Street and Sydney Road. Authorities closed Pittwater Road between Condamine and Collingwood streets in North Manly early on Tuesday afternoon.

Route 182 buses have also been ending their trips at Warriewood Shopping Centre in the city’s north due to flooding on Powderworks Road.

In Mosman, the route 230 bus has been unable to operate between Mosman Village and Mosman Wharf due to a landslide, according to transport officials.

In Sydney’s north-west in Windsor, route 608 buses have been avoiding Bridge Street near Windsor Road due to flooding.

On the southern side of the harbour in Surry Hills, route 339 buses were forced to use local streets to avoid Foveaux and Riley streets for more than an hour due to downed wires.

Meanwhile, F3 Parramatta River ferries have not been sailing between Olympic Park and Parramatta because of the flooding.

The SES has ordered residents from three townships in the Hunter region to evacuate as floodwaters rise.

Anyone in the Glenridding, Dunolly townships near Singleton must evacuate by 10pm as the Hunter River continues to flood. Once the river passes 12.8 metres, roads will begin to close and residents may be trapped.

The Combo township was told to evacuate by 8pm, before the river rose to 12.2 metres.

People who can't stay with family or friends can visit evacuation centres at Singleton Diggers, Singleton Heights Sports Centre or Singleton Heights Public School.

The weather radar shows the rain has stopped across most of Sydney, with heavy falls occurring on the South Coast, the Central Tablelands and the Upper Hunter.

However, it looks like only a temporary pause in proceedings before more rain hits the city later tonight.

This afternoon, SES volunteers assisted several children to leave a flooded childcare centre in Manly.

Jamie Ware, who lives in Balgowlah, got a call from the centre asking her to collect her son Griffin.

"We got a call saying they're being evacuated and to get here as soon as possible," she said.

"I got here within 40 minutes and we just had to get into an SES canoe and basically get canoed out of the childcare centre.

"I mean, I expected it to be bad, but not that bad."

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The SES has ordered all residents in the north-western Sydney suburbs of McGraths Hill and Mulgrave to evacuate by 8.30pm, before the Hawkesbury River reaches 13.5 metres.

Residents should proceed to Windsor Road and then head towards Rouse Hill. For people without family or friends to stay with, there's an evacuation centre at Castle Hill RSL.

Anyone who stays may be trapped without power, water and other essential services, and it may be too dangerous for rescues.