Hundreds of people have been rescued by helicopters and boats after flooding in the Australian state of New South Wales
Libby Noble was near Eugowra and said her family farmhouse had been flooded to at least kitchen bench height.
"The house was picked up and washed back there with my mother-in-law inside it," she told the newspaper."Sure, Eugowra does flood, but never like this, and never in these areas."Her mother-in-law told ABC:"I was ringing 000 and the water was getting higher and higher, and then I had to stand on a chair to get out of the water, and I was there for hours.
About 600 properties in the town - which has a population of around 8,000 - are likely to be inundated.
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