Aerial footage shows flooding devastation in Sydney area as flood emergency forces evacuations

Aerial footage from in and around Australia's largest city showed homes, business and vehicles inundated with flood waters on Tuesday.

Hundreds of homes have been inundated in the Sydney area in a flood emergency that was impacting 50,000 people, officials said.

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