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February 5th, 2012 
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Dry ground has been in short supply across much of north-western NSW. (NSW SES)
The clean-up is continuing from flooding in the north-western New South Wales town of Moree, but rising waters elsewhere are keeping other communities on alert.
A recovery coordination centre is being set up in Moree to help residents, who were allowed to return to their homes as the Mehi River receded over the weekend.
About 300 homes in the town were inundated, and the State Emergency Service says some outlying rural properties remain isolated.
Evacuation orders are still in place for about 700 residents of the nearby communities of Pallamallawa and Biniguy, 15 kilometres east of Moree.
Moree Shire Council general manager David Aber says authorities will focus today on cleaning up the Moree town centre.
“Our focus has primarily been on getting the things like business open and running on Monday, getting things cleaned up so that the central business district can work, so that people can get in and get provisions and things they need,” Mr Aber said.
“Secondly, we’ve also been putting out large skip bins so that people can put rubbish in them as they clean up, and there’s no fees for people who are taking the damaged stuff to the waste depot.”
Mr Aber says the recovery centre at the Moree Town Hall will offer information and services.
“We’ll be establishing a recovery coordination centre at the banquet hall at the main town hall on Tuesday for people to go, and make it a one-stop shop,” he said.
“So you’ll have all agencies, insurance companies, Centrelink, the Department of Community Services. Everything that people need, they’ll be able to discuss at the centre.”
David Crough, from electricity supplier Essential Energy, has urged residents to be extremely careful as they return to their homes.
“If Essential Energy has been to your property and turned your power off, you must not under any circumstances turn it back on yourself,” Mr Crough said.
“For those residents who did turn the power off themselves, they need to be really careful that flood water has not touched any internal electrical infrastructure, such as power points, switches and switchboards.”
Water world
The SES says the floodwaters are slowly moving downstream from Moree.
SES spokesman John Goh says the focus has moved to towns including Mungindi and Bourke.
“All that water’s moving off to the Barwon River, and then eventually will move around to places like the back of Bourke,” Mr Goh said.
“We expect possibly Mungindi will continue to be isolated. We’re looking at possibly airlifting nine pallet loads of supplies to Mungindi.”
Further south, the Namoi River is also still rising, with a peak of 7.1 metres expected at Wee Waa tonight.
The SES expects Wee Waa will remain isolated for some time.
Namoi region SES spokesman Andrew Galvin says essential supplies will be dropped to those who remain isolated.
“The main areas of our concern are the rural areas between Narrabri and Wee Waa and of course downstream in the Bugilbone and Carinda areas,” Mr Galvin said.
“What we are focusing on for our rural landholders is resupply, for people who need stocking up on food goods and necessities and anyone who has urgent medical appointments and is in need, we’ll fly people out.”
Costly exercise
The owner of a general store in Moree, Tracey Miller, says she spent the weekend clearing away mud and throwing away produce.
“We just filled up bins and bins and bins and we just scrubbed and scrubbed and scrubbed and got the hoses in and pushed everything out,” she said.
“We’ve got the mud out, we’ve scrubbed walls and scrubbed cupboards and we’re now turning fridges back on to see what’s happened and if they’re working.”
But she fears her insurance company will not cover the cost of the flood damage.
“We did also have a clause there that we had loss of income that we were insured for, but we’re not eligible for that either because it was related to flood,” she said.
“I’m not sure where to go and what to do financially. It’s a really difficult situation and I’m not the only one in it.”
Moree cotton farmer Dick Estens says the flood broke the two-metre high levee bank around his property.
He say up to 400 hectares of cotton is now under water, and his losses will be substantial.
“Cotton can stand in water for probably up to two days, but it can’t stand in water for three days. So you take losses,” Mr Estens said.
“Out losses for the year will fall between $500,000 and $1 million.”
But Mr Estens does not expect much in the way of Federal Government assistance.
“No, you’ve just got to wear it and get on. Governments can’t help you these days. They haven’t got the capacity,” he said.
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