Overview

• At least five fatalities have been confirmed, including a 63-year-old man found in his flooded home in Moto and an 80-year-old discovered on his inundated property.
• Rescue operations have mobilized over 2,000 personnel, saving more than 600 people, while addressing calls from isolated communities.
• Approximately 50,000 residents remain cut off by floodwaters, with key infrastructure like the Pacific Highway partially closed.
• The low-pressure system causing the floods is weakening but continues to bring rain and risks to Sydney, prompting new alerts for some areas.
• Authorities warn of ongoing dangers from contaminated floodwaters, displaced wildlife, and damaged infrastructure as clean-up efforts begin.