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April 18th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Wild weather is expected to continue to lash Sydney on Thursday as emergency services brace for another busy day.
Overnight, the SES responded to 150 calls, bringing the total number of jobs to 1040 since the heavy rain started on Monday.
More than 82mm of rain has been dumped on Parramatta since 9am (AEST) Wednesday morning.
Marrickville received 93mm, Strathfield 78mm and Chatswood 67mm over the same period.
NSW SES spokeswoman Becky Gollings said no part of Sydney had been spared.
“It’s basically been right across Sydney,” she said.
Fifteen flood rescues were carried out overnight.
A man was rescued from the roof of his car in McGraths Hill in Sydney’s north west overnight.
There were multiple car rescues at Milperra in Sydney’s west.
Four people were also rescued from their home in Fairfield after water came up to their home’s veranda.
“Obviously we’re going to keep a close watch, but we are expecting the weather system to move south,” Ms Gollings said.
There will be 535 SES volunteers out in the field on Thursday, with many more on standby.
Ms Gollings said there would be a spate of calls as people woke up after a night of heavy rain.
The Bureau of Meteorology has issued a severe weather warning for metropolitan Sydney, the South Coast, Illawarra, Hunter, Mid North Coast and Southern Tablelands districts.
The bureau cautioned localised heavy rain could lead to flash flooding.
The Nepean and Hawksbury rivers are on flood watch, but Ms Gollings said only minor flooding was expected.
Heavy rain along NSW’s coast on Wednesday caused flash flooding in Sydney and the Central Coast.
It caused delays on the roads and about 1300 homes in the Sydney suburbs of Five Dock, Hornsby and Somersby were without power for much of the afternoon.
Rainfall is forecast to ease by Thursday evening.
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