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The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) is continuing to support the NSW Reconstruction Authority in the transition to recovery for Hunter and Mid North Coast communities affected by recent severe weather. 

The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) is proactively working with the NSW Reconstruction Authority to facilitate a phased approach to recovery as clean-up and assessments continue across coastal NSW.

Clean-up efforts are in full swing following the devastating floods across the Mid North Coast as the NSW State Emergency Service (SES), emergency services personnel from across the country, the Australian Defence Force and community volunteers provide assistance. 

More than 5,000 damage assessments have been completed already, and resupply efforts continue to ensure the more than 12,000 people isolated have critical supplies.  

The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) and partner agencies are on the ground today completing damage assessments, wash out and clean-up operations across Northern NSW, working with communities as they begin to return to their homes.

In response to the major flooding in the Mid North Coast and surrounding areas, additional emergency service teams from across the nation have deployed to support the NSW SES. 

Cancer patients, isolated by floodwaters on the state’s mid north coast, have received urgent medical supplies delivered by a NSW SES drone, in what’s believed to be an Australian first. 

The New South Wales State Emergency Service (SES) have commenced damage assessments of properties in flood affected communities, while resupply operations continue for residents isolated by flood waters. 

Early estimates indicate at least 10,000 properties may have been damaged following record flooding on the NSW Mid North Coast, as the NSW State Emergency Service (SES) starts undertaking damage assessments.

The NSW SES is continuing to respond to the Major Flood emergency across NSW. There are 160 active warnings, 39 of which are at Emergency Warning and 76 are at Watch and Act.    More than 50,000 people currently remain isolated due to floodwaters.