The SES is gearing up for another big day in Sydney after carrying out 61 flood rescues overnight. 9News
"We have seen some of these impacted communities being hit by floods for a third and fourth time in 18 months, which is extremely distressing to the residents of these communities," federal Emergency Management Minister Murray Watt said, in a statement released through the State Emergency Service shortly before 11pm on Monday.
The Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements support is available in the local government areas of Blacktown, Blue Mountains, Camden, Canterbury Bankstown, Campbelltown, Central Coast, Cessnock, Fairfield, Georges River, Hawkesbury, Hornsby, Kiama, Lithgow, Liverpool, Northern Beaches, Penrith, Shellharbour, Shoalhaven, Sutherland, The Hills, Wingecarribee, Wollondilly and Wollongong.
Firefighters said they waded out to the car and fitted flood jackets to the family, before carrying the children, all aged under six, in their arms and guiding the parents through the water to relatives waiting nearby. The funding may include help for people with damaged homes and belongings, support for councils to clean up and fix interest rates, freight subsidies for primary producers and concessional-rate loans.
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