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Gallery: NSW North Coast floods and recovery
Residents of towns on the NSW North Coast devastated by record floods over the last week begin the mammoth task of cleaning up the mess left behind.
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Emily Chave is overwhelmed by the destruction of her home in Woodburn as she enters it for the first time after flood waters receded in the Northern Rivers region of NSW.Credit:Janie Barrett
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The shops along the main street of Woodburn have leave their destroyed goods on the footpath, after the entire town in the Northern Rivers region of NSW, was damaged by flood waters.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Woodburn, in the Northern Rivers region of NSW, was inundated with water and locals have just begun the enormous clean up process. Credit:Janie Barrett
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Woodburn, in the Northern Rivers region of NSW, was inundated with water and locals have just begun the enormous clean up process.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Woodburn, in the Northern Rivers region of NSW, was inundated with water and locals have just begun the enormous clean up process.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Woodburn, in the Northern Rivers region of NSW, was inundated with water and locals have just begun the enormous clean up process. Credit:Janie Barrett
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Friends, family and community volunteers all help to clean up the damaged shops in Woodburn. Credit:Janie Barrett
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Members of the ADF join up with community volunteers to clear the house of elderly couple, Gail and Bill Ferrier, in Woodburn, in the Northern Rivers region of NSW.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Members of the ADF help locals to clear their flood damaged homes in Broadwater after the waters receded in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. Credit:Janie Barrett
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Bruno Temporini's Wardell home in the Northern Rivers region was inundated with flood waters. Bruno, who has stage 4 cancer, is unable to do any cleaning, but a large group of volunteers have taken charge and are doing it for him.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Bruno Temporini's Wardell home in the Northern Rivers region was inundated with flood waters. Bruno, who has stage 4 cancer, is unable to do any cleaning, but a large group of volunteers have taken charge and are doing it for him.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Bruno Temporini's Wardell home in the Northern Rivers region was inundated with flood waters. Bruno, who has stage 4 cancer, is unable to do any cleaning, but a large group of volunteers have taken charge and are doing it for him.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Wayne and Sarah Marriott are just starting the cleanup of their property in Wardell in the flooded Northern Rivers region of NSW. Credit:Janie Barrett
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John Stobart brings brooms for the dozen volunteers helping to clean Bruno Temporini's Wardell home in the Northern Rivers region which was inundated with flood waters. Bruno, who has stage 4 cancer, is unable to do any cleaning, but a large group of volunteers have taken charge and are doing it for him.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Patrick and Selina Carney at their Wardell home in the Northern Rivers region which had its lower floor inundated with flood waters.Credit:Janie Barrett
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Patrick and Selina Carney at their Wardell home in the Northern Rivers region which had its lower floor inundated with flood waters. Credit:Janie Barrett
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A tree in Wardell shows the level to which the flood waters rose, in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. Credit:Janie Barrett
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Flood damaged possessions line the streets in Wardell in the Northern Rivers region of NSW.Credit:Janie Barrett
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The cleanup has begun in Wardell in the Northern Rivers region of NSW after flood waters have subsided. 7th March 2022 Photo: Janie BarrettCredit:Janie Barrett
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Donated goods for flood victims are stored in a church in Wardell in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. 7th March 2022 Photo: Janie BarrettCredit:Janie Barrett