EXCLUSIVE: A young mother has recounted her remarkable story of survival while caught up in NSW's Central West floods. She's told 9News how she was forced to climb into her roof with her five-day-old baby while waiting for help. SophieUpcroft MORE:
Six-day-old Sage was born during the first Forbes floods, which began two weeks ago.
"It was just waves of it rolling in, there were boats going past the window, you could see the choppers rescuing people."Forbes locals evacuate by boat as Eugowra clean-up begins"You could just hear people screaming for help... it was a traumatic experience but we got there." "I got a phone call from Kirralee saying 'we are going underwater, we need help, we need help'," Wykamp said.
Wykamp swam down to the end of the driveaway but the water "was too powerful" for him to make it to his baby and partner.South and Sage were flown to Orange, where the whole family was eventually reunited.
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