Dozens rescued from floods as rain hammers Sydney

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Dozens of flood rescues have been carried out in Sydney in the past 24 hours after a massive afternoon and overnight downpour, with more on the way.

Homes were evacuated as the rain inundated streets in Fairfield East and more than 490 calls were made to the SES.

Out of those, 42 led to swift water rescues.

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Cars were also flooded in shopping centre carparks while roads were cut throughout the metropolitan area.

The rain should ease throughout the morning, with the Bureau of Meteorology cancelling a severe warning for Greater Sydney.

But flood warnings remain in place for much of outback NSW, Queensland, South Australia, and the Northern territroy.

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A near-stationary tropical low system hanging over Central Australia continues to pour rain into all four states, with the heavy downpour slowly moves south.

Adelaide is next in line for a soaking, with more than 100mm forecast to fall on the city in coming hours.

Some events in the city have already been cancelled, with flash flooding expected across the metropolitan area.

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Rain also continues to bucket down in dust-dry outback Queensland, with the tiny town of Birdsville, 10km from the South Australian, copping an extremely rare drenching.

Weatherzone reported that in the 24 hours to 9am yesterday, the town received 93.2mm, more than half of its annual average of 161.4mm.

It was also Queensland's second-highest 24-hour rainfall total behind Fall Creek in the decidedly more tropical Cape York Peninsula.

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