00:00A ferocious storm cell soaking the east coast.
00:05Trees slashed through cars and crushed homes.
00:09The SES has answered more than 7,500 calls across the state since Wednesday night.
00:15We have had four flood rescues in the last 24 hours and again our key message is if you
00:21don't have to be on the roads, please don't be on the roads.
00:24Flood warning too late for one car left stranded in an attempt to cross this bridge in Wingham.
00:30A Newcastle family lost their rental home, now taking shelter in a temporary refuge.
00:36Big sound and the kids very scared.
00:39This poor family were at home and they heard the enormous sound of the storm and the banging
00:47of the trees.
00:48They had no idea what it was to start with.
00:51There's great gaping holes in the tiles now, unimpeded water coming into all the rooms.
00:58While Dungog residents saw their local park go under.
01:02Floodwaters submerged multiple bridges.
01:04Today the New South Wales Government declared Port Stephens, Maitland and the Snowy Valleys
01:09a natural disaster zone.
01:11It provides an opportunity for relief payments, it also provides an opportunity to be able
01:17to activate further welfare support for people in need.
01:21The SES says communities should prepare to isolate on the Mid North Coast due to flooding
01:26in Wingham, Fosterton and Bandon Grove with an emergency warning remaining in place for
01:31some residents in the Hunter.
01:34With the worst of the storm over, the clean up has just begun.
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