The NSW and federal government have declared disaster zones in the Hunter, Snowy Valleys LGA, and Port Stephens. It comes as residents at Wingham, Fosterton, and Bandon Grove are now preparing to isolate after a low-pressure weather system battered parts of the state.
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00:00A ferocious storm cell soaking the east coast.
00:05Trees slashed through cars and crushed homes.
00:09The SES has answered more than 7,500 calls across the state since Wednesday night.
00:15We have had four flood rescues in the last 24 hours and again our key message is if you
00:21don't have to be on the roads, please don't be on the roads.
00:24Flood warning too late for one car left stranded in an attempt to cross this bridge in Wingham.
00:30A Newcastle family lost their rental home, now taking shelter in a temporary refuge.
00:36Big sound and the kids very scared.
00:39This poor family were at home and they heard the enormous sound of the storm and the banging
00:47of the trees.
00:48They had no idea what it was to start with.
00:51There's great gaping holes in the tiles now, unimpeded water coming into all the rooms.
00:58While Dungog residents saw their local park go under.
01:02Floodwaters submerged multiple bridges.
01:04Today the New South Wales Government declared Port Stephens, Maitland and the Snowy Valleys
01:09a natural disaster zone.
01:11It provides an opportunity for relief payments, it also provides an opportunity to be able
01:17to activate further welfare support for people in need.
01:21The SES says communities should prepare to isolate on the Mid North Coast due to flooding
01:26in Wingham, Fosterton and Bandon Grove with an emergency warning remaining in place for
01:31some residents in the Hunter.
01:34With the worst of the storm over, the clean up has just begun.