Thousands of people were on Tuesday ordered to evacuate floods-affected towns in the northern parts of Australia's most populous state.
Emergency crews continued their rescue efforts with residents stranded on roofs and on bridges in the towns of Woodburn and Lismore in New South Wales.
State Premier Dominic Perrottet said there have been 1,000 rescues so far, with more than 6,000 calls for assistance received by authorities.
Perrottet said 40,000 people have been ordered to evacuate, while 300,000 others have been placed under evacuation warnings.
Jonathan Howe from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology said the amount of rainfall in New South Wales and Queensland states has been "astronomical."
Howe said some of the communities haven't seen such flooding in decades.
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