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Families stranded, freight train detrails as more than 500mm of rain lashes NSW Mid North Coast
Residents have been stranded on the roofs of their homes in the NSW Mid North Coast, after more than 500 millimetres of rain fell in some areas.
Key points:
- 309mm of rain fell at Corindi in the 24 hours to 9am
- The SES has rescued three vehicles from floodwaters and numbers people from flooded homes
- One family was stranded on their roof, awaiting rescue
The State Emergency Service was inundated with calls about 2:00am, predominantly from Corindi, 36 kilometres north of Coffs Harbour.
“The amount of rainfall just hasn’t been able to get away and that entire Corindi floodplain area has come up rapidly and caught a lot of people unawares at that hour of the morning,” said SES Coffs Harbour deputy unit commander Martin Wells.
Mr Wells said in one…
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