Photos: Rescues, debris, flooded homes

Shocking pictures show the extent of the devastation caused by downpours across NSW. See the images in our picture special.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH, 25, 2021: Pictured is Andrew Crick, second from left, being helped from an SES boat. He has just been retrieved from his Freemans Reach property and is on his way to hospital with kidney stones. The SES and Police are using the end of George Street as a boat ramp in Windsor, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

1/79SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH, 25, 2021: Pictured is Andrew Crick, second from left, being helped from an SES boat. He has just been retrieved from his Freemans Reach property and is on his way to hospital with kidney stones. The SES and Police are using the end of George Street as a boat ramp in Windsor, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH, 25, 2021: SES with Conner Lenton, 4yrs, is greeted by his father Grant Lenton at George Street in Windsor, NSW. Grand Lenton (the father) was stranded at his mother’•s on the other side of the river since the floods began. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

2/79SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH, 25, 2021: SES with Conner Lenton, 4yrs, is greeted by his father Grant Lenton at George Street in Windsor, NSW. Grand Lenton (the father) was stranded at his mother’•s on the other side of the river since the floods began. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH, 25, 2021: Pictured Jasmine Haydon, pushes her twin sister Bianca, both 19yrs, off of a SES rescue boat as her mother Kylie follows behind pushing the twins younger brother Bailey (also in chair). Wilberforce family the Haydon’s arrive with the SES so two of the children in wheelchairs can have medical procedures done. The family will stay hospital with them until the flood water recedes and the bridge reopens. Pictured in Windsor, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

3/79SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH, 25, 2021: Pictured Jasmine Haydon, pushes her twin sister Bianca, both 19yrs, off of a SES rescue boat as her mother Kylie follows behind pushing the twins younger brother Bailey (also in chair). Wilberforce family the Haydon’s arrive with the SES so two of the children in wheelchairs can have medical procedures done. The family will stay hospital with them until the flood water recedes and the bridge reopens. Pictured in Windsor, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH, 25, 2021: Friends and family help clean up the flooded home of Lisa and Ben Sullivan in Windsor, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

4/79SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH, 25, 2021: Friends and family help clean up the flooded home of Lisa and Ben Sullivan in Windsor, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH, 25, 2021: Pictured Supplied, picture of the two foxes that Thomas O’•Brien, 15yrs, from Wilberforce who helped save from the floodwater in Ebenezer. He didn’•t want to watch them suffer and was bitten while saving them. He is tonight in Hospital having an operation to access his tendons that were bitten. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

5/79SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH, 25, 2021: Pictured Supplied, picture of the two foxes that Thomas O’•Brien, 15yrs, from Wilberforce who helped save from the floodwater in Ebenezer. He didn’•t want to watch them suffer and was bitten while saving them. He is tonight in Hospital having an operation to access his tendons that were bitten. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH, 25, 2021: SES launch a boat using the end of George Street as a boat ramp in Windsor, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

6/79SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH, 25, 2021: SES launch a boat using the end of George Street as a boat ramp in Windsor, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH, 25, 2021: Aerial picture of flooded houses in the Sackville, Lower Portland area in NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

7/79SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH, 25, 2021: Aerial picture of flooded houses in the Sackville, Lower Portland area in NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

8/79SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH, 25, 2021: Aerial picture of flooded houses near Windsor, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

9/79SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH, 25, 2021: Aerial picture of flooded houses near Windsor, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

10/79SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH, 25, 2021: Aerial picture of flooded houses in the Sackville, Lower Portland area in NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

NSW mid north coast flood disaster. Clean up begins on Settlement Point Rd in Port Macquarie, after floodwaters inundated houses along the river front street. Gerry Audet. Marina Holiday Park. Picture: Nathan Edwards

11/79NSW mid north coast flood disaster. Clean up begins on Settlement Point Rd in Port Macquarie, after floodwaters inundated houses along the river front street. Gerry Audet. Marina Holiday Park. Picture: Nathan Edwards

An Aerial view of Windsor in the Western Sydney region where devastating floods have hit the areas, homes are underwater, the roads are closed, locals are seeking help from the SES crews in Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

12/79An Aerial view of Windsor in the Western Sydney region where devastating floods have hit the areas, homes are underwater, the roads are closed, locals are seeking help from the SES crews in Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

Warragamba Dam, overflowing in the Western Sydney region where devastating floods have hit the areas, homes are underwater, bridges are submerged and closed in Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

13/79Warragamba Dam, overflowing in the Western Sydney region where devastating floods have hit the areas, homes are underwater, bridges are submerged and closed in Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

An Aerial view of the North Richmond in the Western Sydney region where devastating floods have hit the area. Homes are underwater with the front and backyards once grass now brown muddy water in Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

14/79An Aerial view of the North Richmond in the Western Sydney region where devastating floods have hit the area. Homes are underwater with the front and backyards once grass now brown muddy water in Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

An Aerial view of the North Richmond in the Western Sydney region where devastating floods have hit the area, homes are underwater, bridges are submerged and closed, and hundreds are impacted, as seen here buses are underwater in Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

15/79An Aerial view of the North Richmond in the Western Sydney region where devastating floods have hit the area, homes are underwater, bridges are submerged and closed, and hundreds are impacted, as seen here buses are underwater in Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

16/79An Aerial view of Windsor in the Western Sydney region where devastating floods have hit the areas, homes are underwater, the roads are closed, locals are seeking help from the SES crews in Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

An Aerial view of the North Richmond in the Western Sydney region where devastating floods have hit the areas, homes are underwater, bridges are submerged and closed, and thousands are without homes in Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

17/79An Aerial view of the North Richmond in the Western Sydney region where devastating floods have hit the areas, homes are underwater, bridges are submerged and closed, and thousands are without homes in Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

An Aerial view of Windsor in the Western Sydney region where devastating floods have hit the areas, homes are underwater, bridges are submerged and closed, and thousands are without homes in Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

18/79An Aerial view of Windsor in the Western Sydney region where devastating floods have hit the areas, homes are underwater, bridges are submerged and closed, and thousands are without homes in Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

19/79An Aerial view of Windsor in the Western Sydney region where devastating floods have hit the areas, homes are underwater, bridges are submerged and closed, and thousands are without homes in Sydney, Australia. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gaye Gerard

NSW mid north coast causing flood disaster. The massive task of cleaning up the detestation the floodwaters left in their path. Local volunteers coordinated by the Herbert family from Rampage Marine and Fabrication have been working around the clock for the past 5 days rescuing people and running supplies to isolated properties. Troy Herbert (blue) and Cassie Martin with a load feed for livestock Nathan Edwards

20/79NSW mid north coast causing flood disaster. The massive task of cleaning up the detestation the floodwaters left in their path. Local volunteers coordinated by the Herbert family from Rampage Marine and Fabrication have been working around the clock for the past 5 days rescuing people and running supplies to isolated properties. Troy Herbert (blue) and Cassie Martin with a load feed for livestock Nathan Edwards

NSW mid north coast causing flood disaster. The massive task of cleaning up the detestation the floodwaters left in their path. Nathan Edwards

21/79NSW mid north coast causing flood disaster. The massive task of cleaning up the detestation the floodwaters left in their path. Nathan Edwards

22/79NSW mid north coast causing flood disaster. The massive task of cleaning up the detestation the floodwaters left in their path. Nathan Edwards

23/79NSW mid north coast causing flood disaster. The massive task of cleaning up the detestation the floodwaters left in their path. Nathan Edwards

24/79NSW mid north coast causing flood disaster. The massive task of cleaning up the detestation the floodwaters left in their path. Nathan Edwards

25/79NSW mid north coast causing flood disaster. The massive task of cleaning up the detestation the floodwaters left in their path. Local volunteers coordinated by the Herbert family from Rampage Marine and Fabrication have been working around the clock for the past 5 days rescuing people and running supplies to isolated properties. Wayne Gleeson out delivering load feed for livesstock Nathan Edwards

26/79NSW mid north coast causing flood disaster. The massive task of cleaning up the detestation the floodwaters left in their path. Local volunteers coordinated by the Herbert family from Rampage Marine and Fabrication have been working around the clock for the past 5 days rescuing people and running supplies to isolated properties. Wayne Gleeson out delivering load feed for livesstock Nathan Edwards

27/79NSW mid north coast causing flood disaster. The massive task of cleaning up the detestation the floodwaters left in their path. Local volunteers coordinated by the Herbert family from Rampage Marine and Fabrication have been working around the clock for the past 5 days rescuing people and running supplies to isolated properties. Nathan Edwards

28/79Debris floats in the floodwaters of the Hawkesbury River in Sackville, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

A family is rescued from floodwaters as the water levels threatened their Upper Colo home. The dramatic rescue continued after the rescue vessel capsized in the floodwaters of the Hawkesbury River throwing the family into the water. The family was brought to safety in Sackville, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

29/79A family is rescued from floodwaters as the water levels threatened their Upper Colo home. The dramatic rescue continued after the rescue vessel capsized in the floodwaters of the Hawkesbury River throwing the family into the water. The family was brought to safety in Sackville, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

30/79A family is rescued from floodwaters as the water levels threatened their Upper Colo home. The dramatic rescue continued after the rescue vessel capsized in the floodwaters of the Hawkesbury River throwing the family into the water. The family was brought to safety in Sackville, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

31/79A family is rescued from floodwaters as the water levels threatened their Upper Colo home. The dramatic rescue continued after the rescue vessel capsized in the floodwaters of the Hawkesbury River throwing the family into the water. The family was brought to safety in Sackville, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

32/79A family is rescued from floodwaters as the water levels threatened their Upper Colo home. The dramatic rescue continued after the rescue vessel capsized in the floodwaters of the Hawkesbury River throwing the family into the water. The family was brought to safety in Sackville, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

33/79A family is rescued from floodwaters as the water levels threatened their Upper Colo home. The dramatic rescue continued after the rescue vessel capsized in the floodwaters of the Hawkesbury River throwing the family into the water. The family was brought to safety in Sackville, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

34/79A family is rescued from floodwaters as the water levels threatened their Upper Colo home. The dramatic rescue continued after the rescue vessel capsized in the floodwaters of the Hawkesbury River throwing the family into the water. The family was brought to safety in Sackville, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Members of the State Emergency Service transport medical supplies and relief goods to flood-affected residents during rescue operations in Windsor in northwestern Sydney on March 23, 2021, after torrential downpours have lashed Australia's southeast for days. Picture: AFP

35/79Members of the State Emergency Service transport medical supplies and relief goods to flood-affected residents during rescue operations in Windsor in northwestern Sydney on March 23, 2021, after torrential downpours have lashed Australia's southeast for days. Picture: AFP

Members of the State Emergency Service prepare medical supplies and relief goods to take to flood-affected residents during rescue operations in Windsor in northwestern Sydney on March 23, 2021, after torrential downpours have lashed Australia's southeast for days. Picture: AFP

36/79Members of the State Emergency Service prepare medical supplies and relief goods to take to flood-affected residents during rescue operations in Windsor in northwestern Sydney on March 23, 2021, after torrential downpours have lashed Australia's southeast for days. Picture: AFP

37/79Members of the State Emergency Service transport medical supplies and relief goods to flood-affected residents during rescue operations in Windsor in northwestern Sydney on March 23, 2021, after torrential downpours have lashed Australia's southeast for days. Picture: AFP

People are evacuated by a rescue boat after getting trapped by floodwaters on the Hawkesbury River, as the state of New South Wales experiences widespread flooding and severe weather. Picture: REUTERS

38/79People are evacuated by a rescue boat after getting trapped by floodwaters on the Hawkesbury River, as the state of New South Wales experiences widespread flooding and severe weather. Picture: REUTERS

39/79People are evacuated by a rescue boat after getting trapped by floodwaters on the Hawkesbury River, as the state of New South Wales experiences widespread flooding and severe weather, in western Sydney, Australia, March 23, 2021. Picture: REUTERS

People wait to be evacuated by rescue boat on the Hawkesbury River as the state of New South Wales experiences widespread flooding and severe weather, in western Sydney, Australia, March 23, 2021. Picture: REUTERS

40/79People wait to be evacuated by rescue boat on the Hawkesbury River as the state of New South Wales experiences widespread flooding and severe weather, in western Sydney, Australia, March 23, 2021. Picture: REUTERS

A flooded reserve is seen in Upper Colo on March 23, 2021 in Colo, Australia. Evacuation warnings are in place for parts of Western Sydney as floodwaters continue to rise. Picture: Getty

41/79A flooded reserve is seen in Upper Colo on March 23, 2021 in Colo, Australia. Evacuation warnings are in place for parts of Western Sydney as floodwaters continue to rise. Picture: Getty

A Colo River sign stands in floodwaters on March 23, 2021 in Colo, Australia. Evacuation warnings are in place for parts of Western Sydney as floodwaters continue to rise. Picture: Getty

42/79A Colo River sign stands in floodwaters on March 23, 2021 in Colo, Australia. Evacuation warnings are in place for parts of Western Sydney as floodwaters continue to rise. Picture: Getty

An aerial view of flooded farmland on the Colo river on March 23, 2021 in Colo, Australia. Evacuation warnings are in place for parts of Western Sydney as floodwaters continue to rise. Picture: Getty

43/79An aerial view of flooded farmland on the Colo river on March 23, 2021 in Colo, Australia. Evacuation warnings are in place for parts of Western Sydney as floodwaters continue to rise. Picture: Getty

The flooded Colo river is seen on March 23, 2021 in Colo, Australia. Evacuation warnings are in place for parts of Western Sydney as floodwaters continue to rise. Picture: Getty

44/79The flooded Colo river is seen on March 23, 2021 in Colo, Australia. Evacuation warnings are in place for parts of Western Sydney as floodwaters continue to rise. Picture: Getty

45/79An aerial view of flooded farmland on the Colo river on March 23, 2021 in Colo, Australia. Evacuation warnings are in place for parts of Western Sydney as floodwaters continue to rise. Picture: Getty

Residents row past a home that has been completely covered by floodwaters in the suburb of Vineyard, near Windsor. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

46/79Residents row past a home that has been completely covered by floodwaters in the suburb of Vineyard, near Windsor. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

Heavy rain continues to batter the NSW mid north coast causing major flooding. Residents of the small village of Telegraph Point north of Port Macquarie return to their destroyed homes. Milton Mitchell returns to his house. Nathan Edwards

47/79Heavy rain continues to batter the NSW mid north coast causing major flooding. Residents of the small village of Telegraph Point north of Port Macquarie return to their destroyed homes. Milton Mitchell returns to his house. Nathan Edwards

48/79Heavy rain continues to batter the NSW mid north coast causing major flooding. Residents of the small village of Telegraph Point north of Port Macquarie return to their destroyed homes. Krysia Mailo returns to her 114 year old destroyed house with her mother Yvonne Burt. Nathan Edwards

49/79Heavy rain continues to batter the NSW mid north coast causing major flooding. Residents of the small village of Telegraph Point north of Port Macquarie return to their destroyed homes. Milton Mitchell returns to his house. Nathan Edwards

50/79Heavy rain continues to batter the NSW mid north coast causing major flooding. Residents of the small village of Telegraph Point north of Port Macquarie return to their destroyed homes. Milton Mitchell returns to his house. Nathan Edwards

51/79Heavy rain continues to batter the NSW mid north coast causing major flooding. Residents of the small village of Telegraph Point north of Port Macquarie return to their destroyed homes. Milton Mitchell returns to his house with his son Andrew Mitchell. Nathan Edwards

Flood waters on the the Nepean River at Penrith have subsided today after last night peaking at nearly 10m. Local residents take the opportunity to have a swim or fish in the murky waters. Brayden Bell 18 slides down the river bank on a boogie board at Tench Reserve. Picture: Toby Zerna

52/79Flood waters on the the Nepean River at Penrith have subsided today after last night peaking at nearly 10m. Local residents take the opportunity to have a swim or fish in the murky waters. Brayden Bell 18 slides down the river bank on a boogie board at Tench Reserve. Picture: Toby Zerna

53/79Flood waters on the the Nepean River at Penrith have subsided today after last night peaking at nearly 10m. Local residents take the opportunity to have a swim or fish in the murky waters. Brayden Bell 18 and Ward Boyan 20 backflip into the river where a carpark normally would be. Picture: Toby Zerna

Residents in Windsor watch the level of the Hawksbury River rise as rain continues to fall. Michelle Nielsen watches the flood waters rise and inundate her garage with her house only centimetres away from being flooded too. Picture: Toby Zerna

54/79Residents in Windsor watch the level of the Hawksbury River rise as rain continues to fall. Michelle Nielsen watches the flood waters rise and inundate her garage with her house only centimetres away from being flooded too. Picture: Toby Zerna

55/79Police assist farmers move cows across Blacktown rd Richmond today. Picture: John Grainger

56/79Residents of North St Windsor have started evacuating or moving stuff to higher ground. Picture: John Grainger

Heavy rain continues to batter the NSW mid north coast causing major flooding. Kempsey residents line up at the IGA for supplies at the only supermarket left open. Picture: Nathan Edwards

57/79Heavy rain continues to batter the NSW mid north coast causing major flooding. Kempsey residents line up at the IGA for supplies at the only supermarket left open. Picture: Nathan Edwards

Heavy rain continues to batter the NSW mid north coast causing major flooding. Kempsey residents check the water levels at the towns levy wall . Nathan Edwards

58/79Heavy rain continues to batter the NSW mid north coast causing major flooding. Kempsey residents check the water levels at the towns levy wall . Nathan Edwards

59/79Kempsey residents check the water levels at the towns levy wall. Picture: Nathan Edwards

Large areas of south east Queensland received torrential rain that caused property damage and flooding. Jesse Milton with sister Teraza check out the flooding on Widdop Street near Toombul Shopping Centre. Picture: Brad Fleet

60/79Large areas of south east Queensland received torrential rain that caused property damage and flooding. Jesse Milton with sister Teraza check out the flooding on Widdop Street near Toombul Shopping Centre. Picture: Brad Fleet

61/79Hugo Simpson has to walk through flooding on Widdop Street on his way to school. Picture: Brad Fleet

The cause way at Maudsland Drive Oxenford on the Gold Coast is totally blocked to all traffic due to high rising flood waters which have caused severe damage to fences and the road surface overnight. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Scott Powick

62/79The cause way at Maudsland Drive Oxenford on the Gold Coast is totally blocked to all traffic due to high rising flood waters which have caused severe damage to fences and the road surface overnight. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Scott Powick

63/79Wet weather on the Gold Coast.Roaring floodwaters at Oxenford Weir made quite a spectacle. Picture Glenn Hampson

64/79Wet weather on the Gold Coast. Flooded Carrara sport fields resemble a lake. Picture: Glenn Hampson

65/79Residents of North St Windsor have started evacuating or moving stuff to higher ground. Picture: John Grainger

66/79A local paddles across flooded roads. Picture: John Grainger

67/79Windsor resident rescues a recycling bin. Picture: John Grainger

68/79Charlie Devine 13 & Brooke GreenTree 32 rescue items floating about. Picture: John Grainger

69/79Day light revels how high the water has risen over night at the Unfloodable Windsor bridge and surrounding streets. Picture: John Grainger

70/79A local man pulls animals away from the floods. Picture: John Grainger

71/79Workers at the The Windsor Leagues Club push a fridge out of the kitchen area during heavy flooding on picture: Getty Images

72/79Floodwaters on Wolseley Road at McGraths Hill near Windsor. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Jeremy Piper

73/79Floodwaters on Old Hawkesbury Road at McGraths Hill near Windsor. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Jeremy Piper

74/79Floodwaters on Wolseley Road at McGraths Hill near Windsor. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Jeremy Piper

75/79A person surveys the damage in Penrith after the Nepean River burst its banks, peaking at 10 metres overnight. Picture: Getty Images

Houses are threatened by flood waters in Penrith after the Nepean River burst its banks, peaking at 10 metres overnight. Picture: Getty Images

76/79Houses are threatened by flood waters in Penrith after the Nepean River burst its banks, peaking at 10 metres overnight. Picture: Getty Images

77/79The Nepean river in Penrith is seen after bursting its banks, peaking at 10 metres overnight. Picture: Getty Images

Homes in Bellevue Road Regentville NSW western Sydney affected by floods. Russell Stirton (front) and Andrew Tonkin from St.Mary’s Fire and Rescue NSW Picture: Darren Leigh Roberts

78/79Homes in Bellevue Road Regentville NSW western Sydney affected by floods. Russell Stirton (front) and Andrew Tonkin from St.Mary’s Fire and Rescue NSW Picture: Darren Leigh Roberts

79/79Residents of North st Windsor Are forced to wade Through sewage mixed with flooding .picture John Grainger

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