The Latest Breaking News from New South Wales

Almost 700 rescues had been carried out in New South Wales by Friday morning as record-breaking rainfall pounds the state. Tragically, four people have died in floodwaters.

The incident left the man, then 23, with life-threatening burns on 55 per cent of his body and he was in an induced coma for eight days.

Record-breaking floods on Australia’s east coast have left at least three people dead and one missing, as authorities warn of more heavy rain in the coming days.

Those who survived the 2021 floods and are still recovering from ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred, ‘have lost absolutely everything’ in the latest deluge

Heavy rain continues to fall across the Hunter and Mid North Coast of New South Wales. Rivers are bursting their banks and spreading over floodplains, leaving many areas on flood watch. And now, this emergency is heading south.

More than 500 people were rescued in the flooding emergency in New South Wales state north of Sydney

The federal and state governments have also activated disaster assistance to 16 LGAs in the Hunter and Mid North Coast.

One meeting contained ‘closely held information’ and was ‘pens-down’, state parliament committee hears

Floodwaters have engulfed large parts of New South Wales, with at least one person dead and almost 50,000 evacuated after days of heavy rainfall in a “one-in-500-year” flood event. The scale of the disaster is still unfolding and affected communities will be recovering for some time to come.