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Wild weather: flood warnings as east coast low sweeps down – live updates

We’re wrapping up our live coverage of the severe weather conditions across Australia’s east coast. Here’s a summary of how the day unfolded:
Severe weather warnings have been issued across New South Wales on Sunday as wild weather continued to batter the east coast. The poor weather conditions that began on Saturday continued throughout Sunday, with heavy rainfall and gale force winds.

Flood warnings were issued across New South Wales with a number of towns and areas issued with evacuation orders. Severe weather warnings were issued as far south as Tasmania, while Queensland emergency services continue to clean up after the severe weather that hit the state on Saturday.

The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting that poor weather conditions will continue on Monday. People are being advised to be cautious on roads and while travelling, with major road closures due to flooding in some areas and power failures leading to traffic lights shorting out.