Disaster assistance is now available in thirteen additional local government areas of\u00a0Blayney, Brewarrina, Broken Hill, Cabonne, Cobar, Gilgandra, Gunnedah, Gwydir, Narrabri, Port Macquarie Hastings, Upper Hunter, Warrumbungle and Weddin\u00a0following severe storms and flooding from Tuesday 9 November 2021.
\nThese areas are now included in addition to the initial declaration for the local government areas of Tenterfield, Forbes, Bathurst, Blue Mountains, Cowra, Lachlan and Moree.
\nAssistance is being provided through the jointly funded Commonwealth-State Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).
\nMinister for Emergency Management and National Recovery and Resilience, Senator the Hon Bridget McKenzie said the severe weather event caused significant widespread damage across NSW.
\n\u201cSevere weather from early November has continued to impact a number of communities across NSW, including further flooding and storm damage across the State,\u201d Minister McKenzie said.
\n\u201cSignificant rainfall and flooding in a number of areas has resulted in damage to major roads and residential properties.\u201d
\nNew South Wales Minister for Police and Emergency Services the Hon David Elliott said the event had required a significant response from the NSW State Emergency Services, including a number of flood rescues.
\n\u201cThe assistance being announced today will help ensure councils and individuals impacted by this event have the support they need to get back on their feet.\u201d
\nAssistance available under the DRFA may include:<\/p>\n
For information on personal hardship and distress assistance, contact Service NSW on 13 77 88. Disaster assistance is now available in thirteen additional local government areas of\u00a0Blayney, Brewarrina, Broken Hill, Cabonne, Cobar, Gilgandra, Gunnedah, Gwydir, Narrabri, Port Macquarie Hastings, Upper Hunter, Warrumbungle and Weddin\u00a0following severe storms and flooding from Tuesday 9 November 2021. These areas are now included in addition to the initial declaration for the local government areas of … Continue reading “Disaster assistance extended following severe weather and flooding in NSW”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTo apply for a concessional loan or grant, contact the NSW Rural Assistance Authority on 1800 678 593 or visit\u00a0www.raa.nsw.gov.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"