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The NSW State Emergency Service says more than 250 calls for help have been received in the last 24 hours, after a wild storm front rolled across the state. SES Assistant Commissioner Nicole Hogan says most of the calls were for downed trees.

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00:01At the moment, our volunteers have been busy really right across the state, responding
00:08to their community's needs with storm damage incidents.
00:13We have had over 250 incidents just in the last 24 hours alone, really predominantly
00:20around fallen trees onto roads and homes.
00:24The most hardest hit area was around Coffs Harbour, with some localised flash flooding,
00:30but really it's right across the state with those severe thunderstorms and those band
00:35of thunderstorms that came through yesterday.
00:37Our teams are prepared to support their communities.
00:40At the moment, probably our area of focus is the north-eastern part of the state, where
00:45we are expecting some further unstable conditions today, mostly damaging winds.
00:50However, if there is heavy rain, there is always that possibility of flash flooding.

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