A search will resume for a swimmer at Bondi, while in Tasmania, two elderly people are missing, feared dead.
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A Westpac Rescue Helicopter has rescued the woman near Evandale, south of Launceston, after she was heard calling out to people in the dark.
The Mersey River, near Latrobe in Tasmania, in severe flood.
Searches for 2 people missing in flood waters at Ouse and Latrobe have been suspended and will be resumed at first light, according to media reports.
Five rivers have witnessed major flooding on Monday, floodwaters have isolated some towns including Latrobe and the army has reportedly been called in to help evacuate residents in some areas.
Search crews on Tuesday afternoon rescued a man in his 40s whose upturned kayak was stuck in a submerged tree near the Ouse river.
A woman in her 70s is also missing after her Latrobe home was inundated.
After a number of properties were swept away by the ocean water on Sydney’s coastline, it has been revealed that one woman sadly lost her mother’s and dog’s ashes which were buried in her yard facing the water.
A woman has been plucked to safety but three other people remain missing in Tasmania amid the worst floods the state has seen in nearly 90 years.
There is a major flood warning for seven rivers – Mersey, Forth, Meander, Derwent, North and South Esk rivers, and Macquarie.
While the rains have eased, emergency workers said the threat to the state continues as floodwaters move downstream.
The SES is urging residents to be prepared for further rain, stay out of flood waters, and stay away from beaches as swells of up to eight metres are expected along the northeastern coast.
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A flood watch was issued for almost all of the river valleys along the NSW coast.Hundreds of northern NSW residents were in evacuation centres.
