Taree
It’s not a matter of if, but when Taree floods again. Locals are asking themselves if they can survive it
As clean-up from the record disaster continues, many are wondering what the future of their town looks like.
- Riley Walter
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More than 30,000 isolated, 400 properties destroyed in flood aftermath
The true damage caused by the northern NSW flood disaster is becoming clearer.
- Angus Dalton and Daniel Lo Surdo
‘Mammoth task’: 10,000 homes damaged as NSW flood clean-up forges ahead
The skies have cleared above the Mid North Coast and Hunter, but Premier Chris Minns warned the crisis was far from over as devastated communities survey the damage.
- Megan Gorrey, Patrick Begley and Clare Sibthorpe
NSW floods live updates: Mid North Coast emergency warnings, evacuation orders remain in place; four dead, more than 50,000 isolated
The NSW SES will start to assess more than 10,000 homes for damage but warns that dangers remain.
- Anthony Segaert and Patrick Begley
NSW floods as it happened: Four dead as rescue operations continue on Mid North Coast; Police criticised by family of woman killed in floodwaters
An estimated 50,000 people remained isolated on the Mid North Coast as severe weather travelled south. Look back on our coverage of the NSW floods on Friday, 23 May 2025.
- Josefine Ganko, Angus Dalton and Frances Howe
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Clean-up begins as waters recede after devastating NSW floods
Residents of the Mid North Coast are reckoning with the scale of the flood disaster, as businesses open their doors and begin the clean-up.
- Riley Walter, Ben Cubby, Angus Dalton, Daniel Lo Surdo, Josefine Ganko, Frances Howe and Patrick Begley
It would have cost Michelle $35,000 to insure her home. Now mud covers every inch of the floor
There isn’t an inch of ground in Michelle Bennett’s house that’s free of the thick, brown muck after the Manning River swept through her Croki home.
- Riley Walter
River by river, how and where the NSW floods brought deadly destruction
Some areas of northern NSW have received more than half a metre of rain in three days, swelling rivers to levels not seen in decades.
- Ben Cubby and The Visual Stories Team
NSW flooding as it happened: Three dead, 50,000 isolated as rainfall continues to batter state; Warragamba Dam could spill; More wet weather ahead
Hundreds of millimetres of rain fell in north-eastern NSW on May 22, 2025, as a major emergency response continued.
- Josefine Ganko, Angus Dalton and Riley Walter
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Three dead, one missing as thousands evacuated from flood zone
Mass evacuations are underway in more than a dozen towns and many rural districts in northern NSW as the state prepares for more extreme rainfall.
- Angus Dalton, Riley Walter, Frances Howe, Daniel Lo Surdo, Ben Cubby, Josefine Ganko and Patrick Begley
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