Residents return home for flood clean-up as leaders look towards mitigation, prevention | sarah_keoghan
Thousands of flood victims across NSW will be allowed to return homes on Friday amid better weather conditions, as emergency leaders turn their attention to preventing the next major flooding event for the state.
Almost 40,000 people are still subject to evacuation orders throughout the Hawkesbury-Nepean area, the Central Coast and parts of the Lower Hunter, but as river levels continue to drop in the regions, more residents are being allowed back home. “We can’t control mother nature, but we know there are some long-term and significant plans ahead that we need to look at,” he said.
On Friday morning, trucks were moving into Windsor, in Sydney’s north-west, to begin taking flood-ruined furniture and items out of the town as the military also moved in to assist residents with the clean-up.Meanwhile, some residents north of the state are far from the clean-up process - homes near Maitland are still under threat due to rising river levels.
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