Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Thousands of residents on the New South Wales north coast remain cut off by floodwaters, though the worst of the crisis appears to be over.
Flood warnings are in place for 15 river systems from Sydney to the Queensland border.
Two people are confirmed dead as a result of the flooding, caused by a slow-moving low pressure system that has made its way down the eastern coast over the past few days.
In Kempsey floodwaters flowed over the levee protecting the town centre after the Macleay River...