Thousands of NSW residents face a heartbreaking clean up after deadly floods

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Thousands of NSW residents face a heartbreaking clean up after deadly floods

Tens of thousands of NSW residents face a heartbreaking clean up after deadly floods left a wave of destruction.

Five people were killed as a catastrophic weather event left 50,000 people isolated in the Mid North Coast before the rain pummelled Sydney on Friday, triggering train delays and cancelled flights across the city.

The SES received 6800 call outs and estimate about 10,000 properties have been damaged in the devastating floods.

Camera IconTaree resident Marlene Masters cleans up after floodwaters devastated Mid North Coast communities in NSW. NewsWire / Scott Calvin Credit: News Corp Australia

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Flooding is affecting large parts of the state east of the Great Dividing Range from the Northern Rivers to the South Coast.

Sections of the Pacific Highway and Macquarie Pass were shutdown due to roads being inundated with water.

The worst hit areas were located near river systems on the Mid North Coast and Hunter regions including Taree, Kempsey, Port Macquarie and Wauchope.

Comboyne in the Manning River catchment recorded 700mm of rainfall with other places receiving 500 to 6oomm of rain across the week.

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Authorities warned as rainfall eased along the NSW coastline across the weekend the risk from flooding was far from over as water from heavier falls made its way downstream.

Meteorologist Miriam Bradbury said there would still be widespread significant flooding before another weather system hit the state on Monday bringing strong winds and moderate rainfall.

“River peaks are flowing through lower parts of the catchment, and major flood warnings are in place for the Macleay River, the Hastings River, Wollombi Brook and Tuggerah Lake, with minor to moderate flood warnings for much of the entirety of NSW east coast,” she said.

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