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A home is inundated by floodwaters, following heavy rains and severe flooding in the McGraths Hill suburb of Sydney, Australia, July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
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Thousands of Sydney residents return home to assess damage as flood waters recede

About 47,000 residents in Australia's most populous state have been ordered to evacuate or were warned they might receive evacuation orders, down from 60,000 on Thursday

Local resident Joe Conneely clears debris in front of his home as floodwaters recede in the residential area, following heavy rains and severe flooding in the McGraths Hill suburb of Sydney, Australia, July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
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Sydney residents assess flood damage as wild weather eases

A kayaker paddles through a flooded residential area following heavy rains in the South Windsor suburb of Sydney, Australia, July 5, 2022. REUTERS/Loren Elliott
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Thousands more evacuate in Sydney even though heavy rains ease

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Sydney faces more rain as death toll from Australian floods rises

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Australians flee floods as toll rises to 12, Sydney on alert

A surfer carries his board into the water next to a sign declaring a shark sighting on Sydney's Manly Beach, Australia, November 24, 2015. Photo :Reuters
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Hunt on for great white shark that killed Sydney swimmer

Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour during New Year's Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, January 1, 2022. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy
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Sydney kicks off the New Year party in vintage style as South Africa offers Omicron hope

Patrons dine-in at a bar by the harbour in the wake of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) regulations easing, following an extended lockdown to curb an outbreak, in Sydney, Australia, October 22, 2021. Photo :Reuters
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Sydney lab blunder gives hundreds false Covid results

Staff members cheer after shooting confetti in the air to celebrate the re-opening of SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium to visitors, following an extended closure due to coronavirus disease (Covid-19) lockdown orders, in Sydney, Australia, October 14, 2021.Photo :Reuters
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Horse race marks Sydney's emergence from long Covid-19 lockdown

'Freedom Day': Sydney reopens as Australia looks to live with Covid-19
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'Freedom Day': Sydney reopens as Australia looks to live with Covid-19

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Sydney gets 'blueprint for freedom' as virus cases fall

A lone man wearing a protective face mask sits at an unusually quiet State Library on the first day of a lockdown as the state of Victoria looks to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Melbourne, Australia, July 16, 2021. REUTERS/Sandra Sanders
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Sydney Covid-19 infections ease, but unclear if they have peaked

A lone woman walks past the Anzac Memorial as Hyde Park is mostly devoid of people during a lockdown to curb the spread of a coronavirus disease (Covid-19) outbreak in Sydney, Australia, July 22, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott/File Photo
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Sydney cases dip as Australia debates Covid-19 reopening plans