Overview

• NSW SES and interagency teams have completed over 5,300 damage assessments, declaring 794 residential, commercial and industrial properties uninhabitable with numbers expected to rise.
• Five lives have been lost and roughly 12,000 residents remain isolated as floodwaters begin to recede.
• The Bureau of Meteorology warns Tuesday gusts of 50–65 km/h with peaks up to 90 km/h in the Mid North Coast, Hunter, South Coast and Central Tablelands.
• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has dispatched 70 Australian Defence Force personnel and activated federal-state disaster recovery arrangements, including small business loans for 19 local government areas.
• NSW Police have increased patrols after two 20-year-olds were arrested for allegedly looting properties damaged by the floods.