Five people were confirmed killed on Friday in record flooding in northern New South Wales with 50,000 people cut off, thousands of homes and businesses without power and cattle herds wiped out.

SYDNEY: The body of a man was found in a car trapped in floodwaters in Australia's southeast on Friday (May 23), raising the death toll to four, after three days of incessant rain cut off entire towns,

Heavy floods damage power, communication systems, as thousands of people remain without power - Anadolu Ajansı

Record-breaking floods in eastern Australia have killed four people and stranded tens of thousands after days of relentless rain. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and New South Wales Premier Christopher Minns visited affected communities on Friday, some of which have experienced their worst flooding on record this week.

In New South Wales, Australia, floods have claimed the lives of four people. Although the rains are subsiding, thousands of residents remain cut off from the world. One person is still missing. Key information Four people have died as a result of the floods in New South Wales.

Four bodies have been pulled from vast tides of floodwater engulfing parts of northern New South Wales, a fertile region of rivers and valleys about 400km

A natural disaster has been declared in Australia after unprecedented floods in New South Wales. Police say there are "grave fears" for three others who are missing - including a 60-year-old woman and two men aged 25 and 49.