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Wild weather continues to pummel NSW as evacuations ordered for Port Macquarie, Taree, Dungog
Several areas on NSW’s coast have been ordered to immediately evacuate as severe weather is causing life-threatening flash flooding and windstorms stretching from the mid-north coast to Sydney.
Key points:
- The NSW SES received 581 calls for help overnight as six places were evacuated
- Several locations are set to smash flood records, an SES spokesperson said
- Logans Crossing and Delward received more than 300mm of rain since yesterday morning
The NSW State Emergency Service (SES) has ordered evacuations in Taree, Dungog, Port Macquarie, Cundletown, Lower Macleay, North Haven, Dunbogan and Laurieton.
Evacuation warnings are in place for low-lying areas of Macksville, North Macksville, Kings Point and Kempsey.
“Some of those locations will…
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