Australia has drafted in emergency service teams from across the nation to
n the eastern state of New South Wales.
Almost 200 additional personnel will take up specialist roles including water rescue, and storm and flood damage assessment
, the NSW State Emergency Service said Sunday. About 32,000 residents are still is
olated by floodwaters that are only slowly starting to abate.
The interstate personnel will also help the NSW SES review the damage to an estimated 10,000 properties.
“So far 480 damage ass
essments have been carried out, with building inundation seen in many
locations, and many have sustained significant damage and are unhabitable,”
said NSW SES Acting Assistant Commissioner Allison Flaxman. “We welcome the additional resources.”
Residents clean a flood-damaged house at Glenthorne on May 24, 2025 in Taree, Australia. Photo credit: Roni Bintang/Getty Im
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Torrential rains last week in the region about 300 kilometers (186 miles) north of Sydney sparked widespread flooding that kil
led five people and swept away livestock, cut off towns and destroyed homes. NSW SES used drones to dispense essential medicin
to communities that were isolated.
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For the first time, a NSW SES drone delivered urgent medical supplies to cancer patients stranded by floodwaters on the Mid
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The Bureau of Meteorology said that while the rains have eased, weather conditions in coming days will be challenging, with high winds expected in the flood-ravaged areas as well as large ocean swells.
“What this means is we could be seeing some local inundation around the high tide for those really low-lying coastal areas to the middle part of the week,” said Gabrielle Woodhouse, a senior meteorologist at BOM.
Six emergency warnings remain in place for northern NSW, with residents urged not to enter floodwaters. Emergency services personnel have conducted 16 rescues in the past 24 hours, according to the SES.