The NSW State Emergency Service has issued an evacuation order for people in low-lying properties in Port Macquarie to get out of the “high danger area” by 8pm on Friday. “Once floodwater passes 1.75 on the Settlement Point gauge at Port Macquarie, a significant number of properties will be inundated,” the SES said. If you are in trouble, please call the SES on 132 500.
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Flooding at Foreshore Drive, Port Stephens.Credit:Port Stephens Council
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Lola Hickey takes in the sight at Riverside Resort and Port. A tourist from Bulli stuck on the northern side of the Hastings River on the NSW north coast.Credit:LINDSAY MOLLER
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Port Macquarie flooding and evacuation. Photo shows the Hastings River flooding at Hibbards Ferry.Credit:LINDSAY MOLLER
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Flooding across the Northern NSW coast today. This photo taken at Dungay Creek near Kempsey. Credit:Debbie Anderson
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A house in Port Macquarie now has a lake instead of a front yard.Credit:LINDSAY MOLLER