Residents and enterprise house owners cleared to return are assessing the injury to their properties after they have been hit with 200mm to 250mm of rain in 24 hours.
That is how the wild climate has unfolded, in footage:
An Airbnb cabin in Illawara was ripped from its foundations and washed away by the downpour. The couple trapped inside managed to flee. Supply: AAP / Dean Lewins
The flooded ferry wharf in Paramatta on Friday. Supply: Getty / Saeed Khan
SES employees carried out over 100 rescues on Saturday. Supply: Getty / James D. Morgan
A landslide broken Megalong Rd within the Blue Mountains, isolating some residents. Supply: AAP / Provided
Cattle in a flooded paddock on Friday. Supply: Getty / James D. Morgan
An aerial shot of flooding in North Narrabeen. Some areas have been underneath evacuation orders. Supply: AAP / Tim Seaton
Heavy rain prompted a landslide at Coatcliff in Wollongong, with fallen rocks and particles reducing off the street. Supply: Getty / Saeed Khan
Floodwaters in entrance of an automotive restore store in North Narrabeen. Supply: Getty
Heavy rain prompted landslides, with particles bursting a pipe and inflicting it to spill out onto the street. Supply: Getty
NSW SES employees have carried out rescues in rivers inundated by rainfall. Credit score: Twitter/NSW SES
Stables partially flooded within the Richmond and Windsor area. Supply: Getty / Jenny Evans
Greater than 4,000 NSW SES volunteers have responded to incidents statewide following the wild climate. Credit score: Twitter/NSW SES
Flooding on Corrimal St in Corrimal, Wollongong. Supply: AAP, Provided / SUPPLIED/PR IMAGE