Sydney has been thrown into chaos by a devastating storm which saw two months of rain fall in just two days - forcing mass evacuations, leaving 150,000 homes without power, and prompted warnings not to drive to work.

The storm dumped 400mm of rain on the city over the weekend, causing mayhem for commuters on Monday morning with roads blocked, ferries cancelled and trains suffering major delays across the network.

Residents in flood-affected areas from the city's west to the Northern Beaches and the New South Wales Central Coast have been warned not to drive to work as rivers and lagoons overflow.

'We are trying to ask people to reconsider their travel, a number of roads are closed,' a State Emergency Service said on Monday morning.

'And we are still seeing people driving into flood water.' 

New South Wales Emergency Services Minister David Elliott urged motorists to heed flood warnings and stay off the roads if possible.

'We have 400 SES volunteers trying to complete the backlog this morning and unfortunately this has included 150 flood rescues,' he said.

'The message torrent to cloud storage the motorists of Sydney and indeed the wider metropolitan area is if you can avoid being on the roads do so.' 

Sydneysiders woke to the aftermath of the chaos brought on by a weekend of strong winds and heavy rain, with many streets turned into rivers and mansions on the verge of being washed away. 

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A woman stops to take a picture of the massive swells at Bronte Beach while out walking her dog on Monday morning







A brave woman was seen swimming in rough waters at Bronte Beach in Sydney on Monday morning







New South Wales was thrown into chaos over the weekend with mass evacuations as flood waters threatened homes. The severe storm comes just a month after bushfires caused widespread devastation 







Strong winds uprooted trees during the severe storms. A motorist in Concord woke to some heartbreaking news after a massive tree slammed into the front of their 







A motorists makes a risky move by attempting to make their way through murky water after the road began to resemble a river in Sydney







The heaviest rain to hit Sydney in 22 years caused major flooding across the city. Pictured is a flooded carport in Westmead

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