Three more natural disaster zones have been declared in northern NSW after heavy rain and flooding.
The communities of Uralla, Guyra and Glen Innes Severn were heavily impacted by the recent storms and flooding, NSW Emergency Services Minister Michael Gallacher said.
"I am declaring these areas as natural disaster zones," Mr Gallacher said in a statement on Wednesday.
"Councils, residents, primary producers and small business owners will now be able to apply for support under the NSW Disaster Assistance Arrangements."
The announcement follows natural disaster declarations for Moree Plains, Inverell and Armidale/Gunnedah, Narrabri, Gwydir, Muswellbrook, Liverpool Plains, Tamworth and the Upper Hunter Shire Council.
The state government would continue to carry out assessments to determine if further disaster zones needed to be declared, Mr Gallacher said.
Is that out in the flat country where water would have trouble draining off the land? What crops are being affected at this time? Do they grow grain crops out there? A mate of mine was out at Moree waiting for the grain harvest, but the rain slowed that down. What had this country done to deserve these natural disasters?
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I am at tamworth it been wet and some areas have had more rain then other ..But i think it been put of the natural disaster zone so we they can get funding to fix road's ect ....... The road have been bad sence the bigs rains last year but now it become dangerous exspecially the New England Highway and smaller roads in these area as well....And with the Newell highway been close with recent flooding up round Moree it brought more notice to the New Enigland Highway with all the extra traffic on it ....So i guess time for goverment to get it finger out and do something before someone get killed on the roads again.....
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