Prime minister Anthony Albanese visits mid-north coast as police warn of ‘un-Australian’ looting during clean-up efforts
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The number of homes destroyed in the recent New South Wales floods has doubled to about 800 as teams continue to asses the damage on the state’s mid-north coast.
The SES spokesman Matt Heap on Tuesday said that 794 homes had been deemed uninhabitable after more than 5,000 damage assessments were conducted. That figure was expected to rise.