The body of a woman swept away in a flood in the NSW Hunter region has been found, while communities have been urged to evacuate as waters continue to rise.
The woman was swept from a car that got stuck in floodwaters during heavy rain on Saturday.
The 26-year-old was a passenger in the car that got stranded in Black Creek in Rothbury. Her body was found on Wednesday morning, about 450 metres from where she was last seen.
A 27-year-old woman driving the car managed to get out.
We are supporting communities impacted by flooding. Narrabri & Wee Waa flooding is expected to impact both towns this afternoon. In Gunnedah the river has peaked, but floodwaters remain for several days.
📞>4,800 calls
🚨2,505 incidents
🚤39 flood rescueshttps://t.co/FZooFazTsU pic.twitter.com/d8d1PGbFhq— NSW SES (@NSWSES) August 6, 2025
NSW Police Inspector Justin Cornes thanked the multiple agencies involved in an “extremely difficult operation under difficult circumstances”.
The flooding was triggered by heavy rain and unprecedented snow that wreaked havoc across NSW last weekend.
The effect of the rain continues, with further falls forecast in the coming days.
Residents of Narrabri in northern NSW were warned to evacuate on Wednesday afternoon as Narrabri Creek passed its 6.7-metre major flood level.
The creek was expected to peak at 7.1 metres on Wednesday night but the State Emergency Service warned further rises were possible as more water moved downstream.
Tens of thousands of people spent Saturday night without power as between 50-100 millimetres of rain drenched parts of the NSW mid-north coast and northern Hunter.
The SES had responded to more than 2500 incidents including 39 flood rescues by Wednesday.
One of those rescues was of a 40-year-old man stuck in a tree who was later swept into Black Creek. He was taken to a hospital for a medical check.
-AAP
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