3 w. ago As it happened: PM visits NSW flood zone and announces extended disaster relief payments; Healthscope enters receivership

Read the national news headlines for Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

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4 w. ago NSW floods as it happened: Four dead as rescue operations continue on Mid North Coast; Police criticised by family of woman killed in floodwaters

An estimated 50,000 people remained isolated on the Mid North Coast as severe weather travelled south. Look back on our coverage of the NSW floods on Friday, 23 May 2025.

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4 w. ago NSW floods live updates: Four dead as rescue operations continue on Mid North Coast; Police criticised by family of woman killed in floodwaters

An estimated 50,000 people have been warned to prepare for a period of isolation, while meteorologists predict severe weather will descend on the southern Hunter, Blue Mountains and the Southern Highlands regions on Friday. Follow our live coverage.

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4 w. ago NSW floods live updates: Four dead, rescue operations continue on Mid North Coast as rivers swell from Newcastle to Coffs Harbour; Sydney battered by heavy rain overnight

An estimated 50,000 people have been warned to prepare for a period of isolation, while meteorologists predicted severe weather would start to descend on the southern Hunter, Blue Mountains and the Southern Highlands regions on Friday. Follow our live coverage.

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4 w. ago NSW floods live updates: Four dead as rescue operations continue on Mid North Coast; 9000 under evacuation orders; Sydney battered by heavy rain overnight

An estimated 50,000 people have been warned to prepare for a period of isolation, while meteorologists predicted severe weather would start to descend on the southern Hunter, Blue Mountains and the Southern Highlands regions on Friday. Follow our live coverage.

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4 w. ago NSW floods updates: Three dead, one missing as rescue operations continue, 9000 under evacuation orders as system moves south

An estimated 50,000 people have been warned to prepare for a period of isolation, while meteorologists predicted severe weather would start to descend on the southern Hunter, Blue Mountains and the Southern Highlands regions on Friday. Follow our live coverage.

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4 w. ago NSW floods LIVE updates: Three dead, one missing as rescue operations continue, 9000 under evacuation orders as system moves south

An estimated 50,000 people have been warned to prepare for a period of isolation, while meteorologists predicted severe weather would start to descend on the southern Hunter, Blue Mountains and the Southern Highlands regions on Friday. Follow our live coverage.

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4 w. ago NSW flooding as it happened: Three dead, 50,000 isolated as rainfall continues to batter state; Warragamba Dam could spill; More wet weather ahead

Hundreds of millimetres of rain fell in north-eastern NSW on May 22, 2025, as a major emergency response continued.

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4 w. ago NSW flooding live updates: Three dead, 50,000 isolated as rainfall continues to batter state’s Mid North Coast, Hunter regions; Sydney braces for more wet weather

Hundreds of millimetres of rain is expected to fall in north-eastern NSW as a major emergency response continues. Follow our live coverage.

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4 w. ago NSW flooding live updates: Two dead, over 50,000 evacuated as rainfall continues to batter state’s Mid North Coast, Hunter regions; Sydney braces for more wet weather

Hundreds of millimetres of rain is expected to fall in north-eastern NSW as a major emergency response continues. Follow our live coverage.

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4 w. ago NSW flooding live updates: One dead, three missing, almost 50,000 evacuated as rainfall continues to batter state’s Mid North Coast, Hunter regions in ‘one

Hundreds of millimetres of rain is expected to fall in north-eastern NSW as a major emergency response continues. Follow our live coverage.

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4 w. ago NSW flooding live updates: One dead, almost 50,000 evacuated as rainfall continues to batter state’s Mid North Coast, Hunter regions in ‘one

Hundreds of millimetres of rain is expected to fall in north-eastern NSW as a major emergency response continues. Follow our live coverage.

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4 w. ago NSW flooding live updates: Rainfall continues to batter state’s Mid North Coast, Hunter regions in ‘one

Hundreds of millimetres of rain is expected to fall in north-eastern NSW as a major emergency response continues. Follow our live coverage.

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last month NSW flooding as it happened: Mid North Coast, Hunter regions battered by heavy rainfall; Evacuation orders issued as Manning River levels break almost 100

Rolling coverage of the record-breaking floods on the NSW Mid North Coast on Tuesday, May 21, 2025.

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