17,000 stranded in NSW floods

There have been nearly 1000 calls for help and 11 rescues in the past 24 hours as the New South Wales mid-north coast has been hit by heavy rain and flash flooding.

Five adults were evacuated from a house in Kew on Saturday morning by the State Emergency Service after becoming trapped from rising flood waters, SES spokesman Phil Campbell said.

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