Residents across NSW have shared incredible images on social media as extreme rainfall and flooding rivers wipe whole towns off the map.

With areas like Port Macquarie, Kempsey and Kendall copping an astonishing 400mm of rainfall in a single day, thousands of locals have been left stranded at their properties while others have evacuated to higher ground.

Many have taken to Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to share their images of destruction, of hope and of humour.

Five people, including two children, had to be winched from the roof of their house.
Five people, including two children, had to be winched from the roof of their house. (Supplied)
Henry Sawaya and his son Oliver were rescued from their Pitt Town home. (Josh Dye)

Wet, but happy: Father and son rescued from floods.

The volunteers arrive in droves: Interstate support comes rushing to help NSW.

Even cabins on stilts are swallowed after the river burst its banks at Port Macquarie.

Lola Hickey being evacuated from Riverside Resort at Port, in Port Macquarie as the Hastings River breaks its banks and floods in Port Macquarie. (Lindsay Moller)

One-time ferry platforms suddenly become broken pool ladders.

Flooding around the Parramatta CBD and the Parramatta River after days of continuous and severe rain across NSW. (James Alcock/NINE MEDIA)

Children rescue animals as floodwaters recede.

(From left) James, Liam and Jemma Byrne with a Blue Tongue lizard they rescued from the flood water. A witness mark on the wall next to them shows the height the floodwater reached yesterday. After days of terrential rain, the flood affected Nepean River at Penrith is beginning to subside. (Wolter Peeters, The Sydney Morning Herald.)

SES members rely on rubber duckies to reach remote properties.

SES rescue Windsor residents as their homes become isolated and inundated as the Hawkesbury River floods across the region (Nine)

A torch beam and a pair of waders: Windsor homes completely swallowed.

Flooding of Ben Sullivans ground floor on North St at Windsor. (Nick Moir)

Residents are winched to safety as their properties are swept away by the water.

Dogs and pets are rescued from a shelter in Sydney.

Dogs being rescued near Londonderry, North West Sydney.
Dogs being rescued near Londonderry, North West Sydney. (Nine)
Volunteer members of the SES prepare to embark on a mission to assist NSW emergency services with extreme flooding. (Photograph by Chris Hopkins)

Canoes and umbrellas par-for-the-course in Windsor.

Residents paddle down a street in Windsor. (Supplied)

An entire kitchen is ruined by floodwaters in Windsor.

A flooded house in Arndell St, Windsor near the Hawkesbury River in Sydney.
A flooded house in Arndell St, Windsor near the Hawkesbury River in Sydney. (SMH)

Entire roads in suburban Sydney are turned into waterways.

McGrath's Hill, Sydney flooding.
McGrath’s Hill, Sydney flooding. (Nine)

Everybody chips in to help sandbag against floodwaters in Windsor.

Volunteer and locals sandbagging in Windsor, on the Hawkesbury River.
Volunteer and locals sandbagging in Windsor. (9News)

A Sydney man in Parramatta takes his life in his hands by driving through floodwater.

The man enters floodwaters despite the bow wave of the water washing over his windscreen. (NSW SES Parramatta Unit)

SES units share dismay after finding road closures broken open by impatient motorists.

The road barrier tape can be seen taken down as volunteers become frustrated with driver behaviour. (Rachael Dykes – Parramatta SES)

Residents help fill sandbags at the local SES headquarters in Port Macquarie.

Community members filling up sandbags in Port Macquarie
Community members filling up sandbags in Port Macquarie (Facebook/PortMacquarieSES)

Forget cars, canoes are the only way out of some properties in Windsor.

Evacuations in Windsor in Sydney’s west. (Sydney Morning Herald)

Cattle wade through floodwaters and pub patrons drink with water up to their waists in Port Macquarie.

Port Macquarie as floodwaters rise.
Port Macquarie as floodwaters rise. (Facebook/Twitter)

Miss Nellie’s Cafe in Port Macquarie is almost completely submerged.

A trampoline was picked up by winds and physically driven into the side of another house in Chester Hill.

A house in Sydney’s Chester Hill has been impaled by a trampoline thanks to extreme winds (9News)

As the banks of the Hawkesbury River overflow, many residents have been forced out.

A resident retrieves a few last items before he evacuates his inundated home in Windsor. (Nick Moir)

Windsor’s “floodproof” bridge is now underwater – and plenty of locals came out to see it go under.

People look on as flood water rises over the New Windsor Bridge on The Hawkesbury River in Windsor. (Getty)

Flooding in Kempsey transformed backyards into water parks.

Flooding at Kempsey on the NSW Mid North Coast has caused widespread damage. (9News)

The owner of Gloucester hardware assesses the damage to his stock after the entire shop was flooded.

Gloucester, NSW in heavy flood waters. (Supplied)

A resident in Macksville opens the door to their car somewhat hopefully as it sits in a metre of floodwater.

Flooding in Macksville, north of Port Macquarie, NSW
Flooding in Macksville, north of Port Macquarie, NSW (Nine)

In Port Stephens a road where cars normally travel 100 km/h collapses under the weight of rushing water.

An image of a cracked road in Port Stephens after heavy rain.
An image of a cracked road in Port Stephens after heavy rain. (Port Stephens Council)

In Western Sydney a baby boy was rescued as flood waters swallow his family home.

Baby boy rescued by SES in Western Sydney due to floods. (NSW SES/Facebook)

In Macksville, a small town on the Nambucca River, two men are seen playing ‘beer pong’ as floodwaters rise around them.

Two men play ‘beer pong’ in Macksville. (9News)

In Taree, spectacular vision captures the moment a house is seen floating down the Manning River.

In Sydney, concerns grow as the new site for the Powerhouse Museum now sits under water.

Rainwater in St Peters in Sydney’s inner-west is seen streaming out of a storm drain.

The BOM predicts the extreme conditions to stick around until at least Wednesday, with tomorrow expected to be just as damp until then.

Several streets near Liverpool were flooded and are now closed.



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