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Minns says community ‘no doubt bracing’ for more bad news after flooding death
The NSW premier is “bracing for more tough news” following news of a death in the state’s inundated mid-north coast.
It’s devastating for that man and his family and his friends. [It’s] a tight-knit community on the mid-north coast, and to lose anyone in these natural disasters is obviously horrifying. So I’m very sorry for that man’s passing.
We should be bracing for more tough news over the next 24 hours. We’re very grateful we got enormous amount of expertise, emergency service personnel and thousands of volunteers who are on site, but when you have major natural disasters, obviously, you get terrible news as a result, and that community no doubt will be bracing in the next 24 hours.
I’m sorry about that. That would be incredibly anxious period, waiting that period of time for a rescue.
I can assure the public that we have got a massive emergency service contingent on the Mid North Coast. There’s 2,500 emergency service workers including 2,200 SES volunteers and professionals that are on site. Over 500 vehicles and boasts, 13 helicopters, hundreds of drones, so this is a major operation.
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Author : Rafqa Touma
Publish date : 2025-05-22 02:51:00
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