NSW rain has been 'spectacular and relentless'

Sky News host Paul Murray says the rain which has battered parts of New South Wales "has been spectacular ... persistent ... [and] it has been relentless".

Some areas in northern New South Wales recorded more than 300 millimetres of rain within 48 hours, while State Emergency Services responded to dozens of flood rescues and calls for help in the past days.

"The big story around the country has to be rain ... it has been one hell of a heavy fall," he said.

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